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²⁹Therefore, begin, and bless the house of your servant, so that it may be forever before you. For you, O Lord God, have spoken. And so, let the house of your servant be blessed with your blessing forever.”

³By wisdom shall a house be built, and by prudence shall it be strengthened. ⁴By doctrine, the storerooms shall be filled with every substance that is precious and most beautiful.

¹A Canticle in steps: of Solomon. Unless the Lord has built the house, those who build it have labored in vain. Unless the Lord has guarded the city, he who guards it watches in vain.

¹⁸And my people will be seated in the beauty of peacefulness, and in the tabernacles of faithfulness, and in the opulence of restfulness.

¹¹For I know the thoughts that I think over you, says the Lord: thoughts of peace and not of affliction, so that I may give you patience and an end.

²⁴Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and does them shall be compared to a wise man, who built his house upon the rock.

²⁷Prepare your outdoor work, and diligently cultivate your field, so that afterward, you may build your house.

¹A Canticle in steps: of Solomon. Unless the Lord has built the house, those who build it have labored in vain. Unless the Lord has guarded the city, he who guards it watches in vain. ²It is in vain that you rise before daylight, that you rise up after you have sat down, you who chew the bread of sorrow. Whereas, to his beloved, he will give sleep. ³Behold, the inheritance of the Lord is sons, the reward is the fruit of the womb. ⁴Like arrows in the hand of the powerful, so are the sons of those who have been cast out. ⁵Blessed is the man who has filled his desire from these things. He will not be confounded when he speaks to his enemies at the gate.

⁴For every house is built by someone, but God is the One who has created all things.

¹⁰For you, O Lord, have established me singularly in hope.

⁹Jesus said to him: “Today, salvation has come to this house; because of this, he too is a son of Abraham.

¹O Lord, you are my God! I will exalt you, and I will confess your name. For you have accomplished miracles. Your plan, from antiquity, is faithful. Amen.

²And do not be willing to forget hospitality. For by it, certain persons, without realizing it, have received Angels as guests.

⁶And you shall say: ‘Peace be to my brothers and to you, and peace to your house, and peace to whatever you have.

³¹I will praise the name of God with a canticle, and I will magnify him with praise.

³My soul longs and faints for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh have exulted in the living God. ⁴For even the sparrow has found a home for himself, and the turtle-dove a nest for herself, where she may lay her young: your altars, O Lord of hosts, my king and my God. ⁵Blessed are those who dwell in your house, O Lord. They will praise you from age to age.