Psalm 127:2 - Psalms of David in Metre 1650 (Scottish Psalter)

² 'Tis vain for you to rise betimes, or late from rest to keep, To feed on sorrows' bread; so gives he his beloved sleep.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² It is vain for you to rise up early, to take rest late, to eat the bread of [anxious] toil–for He gives [blessings] to His beloved in sleep.

American Standard Version (1901)

² It is vain for you to rise up early, To take rest late, To eat the bread of toil; For so he giveth unto his beloved sleep.

Common English Bible

² It is pointless that you get up early and stay up late, eating the bread of hard labor because God gives sleep to those he loves.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² For you will eat by the labors of your hands. Blessed are you, and it will be well with you.

Psalm 127:2 Cross References

Psalm 4:8

I will both lay me down in peace, and quiet sleep will take; Because thou only me to dwell in safety, Lord, dost make.

Psalm 3:5

I laid me down and slept; I wak'd; for God sustained me.

Psalm 60:5

That thy beloved people may deliver'd be from thrall, Save with the pow'r of thy right hand, and hear me when I call.