Psalm 127:2

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Psalm 127:2

It is vain for you to rise up early,
To retire late,
To eat the bread of painful labors;
For He gives to His beloved even in his sleep.

Ecclesiastes 5:12

The sleep of the working man is pleasant, whether he eats little or much; but the full stomach of the rich man does not allow him to sleep.

Then to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it’;
Cursed is the ground because of you;
In toil you will eat of it
All the days of your life.

Job 11:18

“Then you would trust, because there is hope;
And you would look around and rest securely.

Psalm 3:5

I lay down and slept;
I awoke, for the Lord sustains me.

Psalm 4:8

In peace I will both lie down and sleep,
For You alone, O Lord, make me to dwell in safety.

Psalm 39:5-6

“Behold, You have made my days as handbreadths,
And my lifetime as nothing in Your sight;
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath. Selah.

Psalm 60:5

That Your beloved may be delivered,
Save with Your right hand, and answer us!

Proverbs 31:15-18

She rises also while it is still night
And gives food to her household
And portions to her maidens.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:1-11

I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure. So enjoy yourself.” And behold, it too was futility.

Ecclesiastes 2:20-23

Therefore I completely despaired of all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There was a certain man without a dependent, having neither a son nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with riches and he never asked, “And for whom am I laboring and depriving myself of pleasure?” This too is vanity and it is a grievous task.

Ecclesiastes 6:7

All a man’s labor is for his mouth and yet the appetite is not satisfied.

Jeremiah 31:26

At this I awoke and looked, and my sleep was pleasant to me.

Ezekiel 34:25

“I will make a covenant of peace with them and eliminate harmful beasts from the land so that they may live securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.

Acts 12:5-6

So Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer for him was being made fervently by the church to God.

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Summary

Psalm 127:2

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.

Vain

Rise up

Proverbs 31:15

For so he

General references

Genesis 1:28

Ecclesiastes 5:12

Jeremiah 31:26

Bible References

Vain

“Behold, You have made my days as handbreadths,
And my lifetime as nothing in Your sight;
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath.

Selah.

I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is

vanity and striving after wind.

I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure. So enjoy yourself.” And behold, it too was futility.

Rise up

She rises also while it is still night
And gives food to her household
And portions to her maidens.

For so he

I lay down and slept;

I awoke, for the Lord sustains me.

In peace I will both lie down and sleep,
For You alone, O Lord, make me to dwell in safety.

The sleep of the working man is pleasant, whether he eats little or much; but the full stomach of the rich man does not allow him to sleep.

At this I awoke and looked, and my sleep was pleasant to me.

“I will make a covenant of peace with them and eliminate harmful beasts from the land so that they may live securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.

So Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer for him was being made fervently by the church to God.

General references

God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

The sleep of the working man is pleasant, whether he eats little or much; but the full stomach of the rich man does not allow him to sleep.

At this I awoke and looked, and my sleep was pleasant to me.