Psalm 127:2 KJV
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.King James Version
The same verse in modern English
It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil, for he gives sleep to his loved ones.Psalm 127:2, World English Bible (WEB)
Sitting with this verse
The heading links this Song of Ascents with Solomon, whose other name, Jedidiah, means “beloved of the LORD” (2 Samuel 12:25). Some readers hear a play on that name in “his beloved.” The KJV’s “bread of sorrows” is food eaten in anxious toil, early and late. Sleep is named as God’s gift, not a failure of effort. Before your next sleep, let God hold what you cannot finish.
Older words in this verse
- -eth (giveth)
- the old way of writing -s: maketh means makes, leadeth means leads
From Psalm 127
Look at what you are building, at work and at home. Are you laboring as if it all depends on you? God gives his loved ones sleep; receive some tonight.
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