Psalm 127:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

You, indeed, have made my days short in length,
and my life span as nothing in Your sight.
Yes, every mortal man is only a vapor.Selah

I have seen all the things that are done under the sun and have found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.

I said to myself, “Go ahead, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good.” But it turned out to be futile.

There is a person without a companion, without even a son or brother, and though there is no end to all his struggles, his eyes are still not content with riches. “So who am I struggling for,” he asks, “and depriving myself from good?” This too is futile and a miserable task.

Rise up

She rises while it is still night
and provides food for her household
and portions for her female servants.

For so he

I lie down and sleep;
I wake again because the Lord sustains me.

I will both lie down and sleep in peace,
for You alone, Lord, make me live in safety.

The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich permits him no sleep.

At this I awoke and looked around. My sleep had been most pleasant to me.

“I will make a covenant of peace with them and eliminate dangerous animals in the land, so that they may live securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.

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

General references

God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every creature that crawls on the earth.”

The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich permits him no sleep.

At this I awoke and looked around. My sleep had been most pleasant to me.