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Unless the LORD builds the house, they who build it labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.
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Verse 1. Canticle. Being a sequel to the former, ( Calmet.) and similar to the 111th, as both promise felicity to the captives at their return, if they prove faithful, 2 Ezra 9:38. Ferrand.—It is a sort of epithalamium. Moller.—Both temporal and spiritual blessings are set before us. Bert.—Ways. Many saints have not received temporal rewards; and this confirms our faith that there is a world to come. Calmet.—In effect, no temporal advantages are here specified, as they are below. Bert.
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