Psalm 127:2 - Psalms of David in Metre 1650 (Scottish Psalter)

'Tis vain for you to rise betimes, or late from rest to keep, To feed on sorrows' bread; so gives he his beloved sleep.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

For you will eat by the labors of your hands. Blessed are you, and it will be well with you.

For thou shalt eat the labours of thy hands: blessed art thou, and it shall be well with thee.

I laid me down and slept; I wak'd; for God sustained me.

I will both lay me down in peace, and quiet sleep will take; Because thou only me to dwell in safety, Lord, dost make.

That thy beloved people may deliver'd be from thrall, Save with the pow'r of thy right hand, and hear me when I call.

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