And you will have confidence because there is hope; you will be protected and take your rest in safety.
Psalm 127:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 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. Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 For you will eat by the labors of your hands. Blessed are you, and it will be well with you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For thou shalt eat the labours of thy hands: blessed art thou, and it shall be well with thee. |
And you will have confidence because there is hope; you will be protected and take your rest in safety.
I will both lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O Lord, make me lie down in safety.
Give victory with your right hand and answer us, so that those whom you love may be rescued.
I saw all the deeds that are done under the sun, and see, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.
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.
Sweet is the sleep of laborers, whether they eat little or much, but the abundance of the rich will not let them sleep.
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.