Psalms 127:2
In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat—for He gives sleep to His beloved.
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In Context
3Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
Cross References
Genesis 3:17And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
Psalms 3:5I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.
Psalms 39:5You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah
Proverbs 10:22The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.
Proverbs 31:18She sees that her gain is good, and her lamp is not extinguished at night.
Ecclesiastes 2:1I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!” But it proved to be futile.
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 →