Psalm 127:2

Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

It is vain for you that ye rise up early, and so late take rest, And eat the bread of toil: For so he giveth unto his beloved sleep.

Cross References

Job 11:18

And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; Yea, thou shalt search about thee, and shalt take thy rest in safety.

Psalm 3:5

I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustaineth me.

Psalm 4:8

In peace will I both lay me down and sleep: For thou, LORD, alone makest me dwell in safety.

Psalm 60:5

That thy beloved may be delivered, Save with thy right hand, and answer us.

Proverbs 10:22

The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, And he addeth no sorrow therewith.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labour, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then, saith he, do I labour, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

Ecclesiastes 5:12

The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

Ecclesiastes 6:7

All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

Jeremiah 31:26

Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.

Ezekiel 34:25

And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell securely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.