Psalm 127:2

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives sleep to his beloved.

Cross References

Job 11:18

And you will have confidence, because there is hope; you will be protected and take your rest in safety.

Psalm 3:5

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

Psalm 4:8

I will both lie down and sleep in peace; for you alone, O Lord, make me lie down in safety.

Psalm 60:5

Give victory with your right hand, and answer us, so that those whom you love may be rescued.

Proverbs 10:22

The blessing of the Lord makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I saw all the deeds that are done under the sun; and see, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

the case of solitary individuals, without sons or brothers; yet there is no end to all their toil, and their eyes are never satisfied with riches. “For whom am I toiling,” they ask, “and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is vanity and an unhappy business.

Ecclesiastes 5:12

Sweet is the sleep of laborers, whether they eat little or much; but the surfeit of the rich will not let them sleep.

Ecclesiastes 6:7

All human toil is for the mouth, yet the appetite is not satisfied.

Jeremiah 31:26

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

Ezekiel 34:25

I will make with them a covenant of peace and banish wild animals from the land, so that they may live in the wild and sleep in the woods securely.