Psalms 127:2
You shall eat the + 127:2 Alex. fruits of your labors. labors of your hands: blessed are you, and it shall be well with you. 1
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
1Blessed are all they that fear the Lord; who walk in his ways. 1
Cross References
Genesis 3:17And to Adam he said, Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and eaten of the tree concerning which I charged you of it only not to eat—of that you have eaten, cursed is the ground in your labors, in pain shall you eat of it all the days of your life.
Psalms 3:5I lay down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord will help me. 1
Psalms 39:5O Lord my God, you have multiplied your wonderful works, and in your thoughts there is none who shall be likened to you: I declared and spoke of them: they exceeded number. 1
Proverbs 10:22The blessing of the Lord is upon the head of the righteous; it enriches him, and grief of heart shall not be added to it.
Proverbs 31:18And she finds by experience that working is good; and her candle goes not out all night.
Ecclesiastes 2:1I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove you with mirth, and behold you good: and, behold, this is also vanity.
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 →