Psalm 127:2

Tree of Life Version

In vain you rise up early and stay up late, eating the bread of toil— for He provides for His beloved ones even in their sleep.

Cross References

Job 11:18

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

Psalm 3:5

I cry out to Adonai with my voice, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah

Psalm 4:8

You have put joy in my heart— more joy than when their grain and new wine overflow.

Psalm 60:5

You made Your people see hardship. You made us drink wine of staggering.

Proverbs 10:22

The blessing of Adonai brings wealth and He adds no trouble with it.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the deeds done under the sun; and behold, all is meaningless and chasing after the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is one who has no one else, neither son nor brother, yet there is no end to all his toil. His eyes are not content with riches. “So, for whom am I toiling, and depriving myself of prosperity?” This too is meaningless— a grievous task!

Ecclesiastes 5:12

There is a grievous wrong that I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded by its owner to his own hurt,

Ecclesiastes 6:7

All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is not satisfied.

Jeremiah 31:26

“Behold, days are coming”—it is a declaration of Adonai—“when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and with the seed of beast.

Ezekiel 34:25

“I will make a covenant of shalom with them. I will remove the evil beasts from the land, so they may dwell safely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.