Psalms 127:2
In vain you rise early, and finish so late, and so eat sorrow’s bread; for he cares for his loved ones in their sleep.
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In Context
3Children are a gift of the Lord, the fruit of the womb, a reward.
Cross References
Genesis 3:17To Adam he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and ate from the tree about which I ordered you: ‘You must never eat from it’ the ground will be cursed because of you; as long as you live, you will earn a living only by anguished toil.
Psalms 3:5I laid down and slept: now I wake, for the Lord sustains me.
Psalms 39:5See! My days you have made but a span, and my life is as nothing before you. It is but as a breath that everyone stands: Selah
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 →