Psalms 127:2
Thou shalt eat the labors of thy hands: 1 Blessed art thou, and it shall be well with thee. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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In Context
1A Song of Degrees. 1 Blessed are all they that fear the Lord; 1 Who walk in his ways. 1
Cross References
Genesis 3:17And to Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and eaten of the tree concerning which I charged thee of it only not to eat—of that thou hast eaten, cursed is the ground in thy labors, in pain shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.
Psalms 3:5I cried to the Lord with my voice, 1 And he heard me out of his holy mountain. Pause. 1
Psalms 39:5Blessed is the man whose hope is the name of the Lord, 1 And who has not regarded vanities and false frenzies. 1
Proverbs 10:22The blessing of the Lord is upon the head of the righteous; 1 It enriches him, and grief of heart shall not be added to it. 1
Proverbs 31:18And she finds by experience that working is good; 1 And her candle goes not out all night. 1
Ecclesiastes 2:1I said in my heart, 1 Come now, I will prove thee with mirth, and behold thou good: 1 And, behold, this is also vanity. 1
Matthew Henry on Psalms 127:2-5
Dependence on Providence; God the Giver of Prosperity. 1 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. 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. 3 Lo, children are a heritage of the Lord : and the fruit of the womb is his reward. 4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. 5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of… Read the whole commentary →