Psalms 127:2 · KJV
“{It is} vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: {for} so he giveth his beloved sleep.”
— Psalms 127:2
[A Song of degrees for Solomon.] Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh {but} in vain. {for...: or, of Solomon} {that...: Heb. that are builders of it in it}
Lo, children {are} an heritage of the LORD: {and} the fruit of the womb {is his} reward.
Psalms 127 — Context
[A Song of degrees for Solomon.] Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh {but} in vain. {for...: or, of Solomon} {that...: Heb. that are builders of it in it}
2{It is} vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: {for} so he giveth his beloved sleep.
3Lo, children {are} an heritage of the LORD: {and} the fruit of the womb {is his} reward.
4As arrows {are} in the hand of a mighty man; so {are} children of the youth.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 5:12
The sleep of a labouring man {is} sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Psalms 4:8
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
Job 11:18
And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig {about thee, and} thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
Psalms 3:5
I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
Ecclesiastes 2:20-23
Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
Jeremiah 31:26
Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.
Ezekiel 34:25
And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
Ecclesiastes 1:14
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all {is} vanity and vexation of spirit.