Psalm 127:2 KJV

Psalms · chapter 127 · verse 2

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.Psalm 127:2 · King James Version

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Psalm 127:2 in context

1Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

2It 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.

3Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

4As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.

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Commentary

We are here taught to have a continual regard to the divine Providence in all the concerns of this life. Solomon was cried up for a wise man, and would be apt to lean to his own understanding and forecast, and therefore his father teaches him to look higher, and to take God along with him in his undertakings.

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5

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Key words (Strong's)

sorrowsʻetseban earthen vesselH6089 →
belovedyᵉdîydlovedH3039 →
givethnâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
earlyshâkamliterally, to load upH7925 →
breadlechemfood , especially bread, or grainH3899 →
vainshâvᵉʼevil , literally or morallyH7723 →

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