Psalm 127:2

Holman Christian Standard Bible

In vain you get up early and stay up late, working hard to have enough food — yes, He gives sleep to the one He loves.

Cross References

Job 11:18

You will be confident, because there is hope. You will look carefully about and lie down in safety.

Psalm 3:5

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

Psalm 4:8

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

Psalm 60:5

Save with Your right hand, and answer me, so that those You love may be rescued.

Proverbs 10:22

The Lord’s blessing enriches, and struggle adds nothing to it.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

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

Ecclesiastes 4:8

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.

Ecclesiastes 5:12

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

Ecclesiastes 6:7

All man’s labor is for his stomach, yet the appetite is never satisfied.

Jeremiah 31:26

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

Ezekiel 34:25

“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.