Psalms 127:2

For thou schalt ete the trauels of thin hondis; thou art blessid, and it schal be wel to thee.

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1The title of the hundrid and seuene and twentithe salm. The song of greces. Blessid ben alle men, that dreden the Lord; that gon in hise weies.

3Thi wijf as a plenteous vyne; in the sidis of thin hous. Thi sones as the newe sprenges of olyue trees; in the cumpas of thi bord.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:17Sothely God seyde to Adam, For thou herdist the voys of thi wijf, and hast ete of the tree, of which Y comaundide to thee that thou schuldist not ete, the erthe schal be cursid in thi werk; in traueylis thou schalt ete therof in alle daies of thi lijf;

Psalms 3:5With my vois Y criede to the Lord; and he herde me fro his hooli hil.

Psalms 39:5Blessid is the man, of whom the name of the Lord is his hope; and he bihelde not in to vanitees, and in to false woodnesses.

Proverbs 10:22The blessing of the Lord makith riche men; and turment schal not be felowschipid to hem.

Proverbs 31:18Sche taastide, and siy, that hir marchaundie was good; hir lanterne schal not be quenchid in the niyt.

Ecclesiastes 2:1Therfor Y seide in myn hertez, Y schal go, and Y schal flowe in delicis, and Y schal vse goodis; and Y siy also that this was vanyte.

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