Psalm 127:2

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²It is vain for you ^cto ^drise up early, to ^dsit up ^c^elate,

To ^feat the bread of ^gsorrows:

For ^hso he giveth his ⁱbeloved sleep.

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Footnotes

cComp. Isai. 5:11.
dSee Ps. 139:2.
dSee Ps. 139:2.
cComp. Isai. 5:11.
e Pr. 23:30 (Heb.).
g Pr. 5:10 (Heb.). & 10:22. So Ps. 147:3 marg. (Heb.).
hSee Isai. 51:6.
iSee Ps. 60:5.

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f Gen. 3:17, 19.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

It is in vain that you rise up early

and go late to rest,

eating the bread of anxious toil;

for he gives to his beloved sleep.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

In vain you rise early

and stay up late,

toiling for food to eat—

for he grants sleep to those he loves.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

In vain you get up early and stay up late,

working hard to have enough food—

yes, he gives sleep to the one he loves.

NLTNew Living Translation

It is useless for you to work so hard

from early morning until late at night,

anxiously working for food to eat;

for God gives rest to his loved ones.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

It is in vain for you who rise early and sit late,

eating the bread of anxious toil,

when thus he provides for his beloved in his sleep.