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Psalm 127

Psa. 127:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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It is vain
shav' (Hebrew #7723)
from the same as 7722 in the sense of desolating; evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain)
KJV usage: false(-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity.
Pronounce: shawv
Origin: or shav {shav}
for you to rise up
quwm (Hebrew #6965)
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
KJV usage: abide, accomplish, X be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, X be dim, endure, X enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, X but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-)rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-)stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, - rising).
Pronounce: koom
Origin: a primitive root
early
shakam (Hebrew #7925)
properly, to incline (the shoulder to a burden); but used only as denominative from 7926; literally, to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e. to start early in the morning
KJV usage: (arise, be up, get (oneself) up, rise up) early (betimes), morning.
Pronounce: shaw-kam'
Origin: a primitive root
, to sit up
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
late
'achar (Hebrew #309)
to loiter (i.e. be behind); by implication to procrastinate
KJV usage: continue, defer, delay, hinder, be late (slack), stay (there), tarry (longer).
Pronounce: aw-khar'
Origin: a primitive root
, to eat
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
h the bread
lechem (Hebrew #3899)
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
KJV usage: ((shew-))bread, X eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals. See also 1036.
Pronounce: lekh'-em
Origin: from 3898
of sorrows
`etseb (Hebrew #6089)
from 6087; an earthen vessel; usually (painful) toil; also a pang (whether of body or mind): --grievous, idol, labor, sorrow.
Pronounce: eh'-tseb
: for so he giveth
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
his beloved
ydiyd (Hebrew #3039)
loved
KJV usage: amiable, (well-)beloved, loves.
Pronounce: yed-eed'
Origin: from the same as 1730
sleep
shehah (Hebrew #8142)
from 3462; sleep
KJV usage: sleep.
Pronounce: shay-naw'
Origin: or shena (Psa. 127:2) {shay-naw'}
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Gen. 3:17,19• 17And to Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed be the ground on thy account; with toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
 19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground: for out of it wast thou taken. For dust thou art; and unto dust shalt thou return. (Gen. 3:17,19)

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vain.
Psa. 39:5‑6• 5Behold, thou hast made my days as hand-breadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before thee; verily, every man, even the high placed, is altogether vanity. Selah.
 6Verily, man walketh in a vain show; verily they are disquieted in vain; he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. (Psa. 39:5‑6)
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Eccl. 1:14• 14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and pursuit of the wind. (Eccl. 1:14)
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Eccl. 2:1‑11,20‑23• 1I said in my heart, Come now, I will try thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure. But behold, this also is vanity.
 2I said of laughter, Madness! and of mirth, What availeth it?
 3I searched in my heart how to cherish my flesh with wine, while practising my heart with wisdom; and how to lay hold on folly, till I should see what was that good for the children of men which they should do under the heavens all the days of their life.
 4I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;
 5I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of every kind of fruit;
 6I made me ponds of water, to water therewith the wood, where the trees are reared.
 7I acquired servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that had been in Jerusalem before me.
 8I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces; I got me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the children of men, a wife and concubines.
 9And I became great, and increased more than all that had been before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
 10And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them: I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour, and this was my portion from all my labour.
 11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that it had cost me to do them; and behold, all was vanity and pursuit of the wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
 20Then I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour wherewith I had laboured under the sun.
 21For there is a man whose labour hath been with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skill, and who leaveth it to a man that hath not laboured therein, to be his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
 22For what will man have of all his labour and of the striving of his heart, wherewith he hath wearied himself under the sun?
 23For all his days are sorrows, and his travail vexation: even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity. (Eccl. 2:1‑11,20‑23)
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Eccl. 4:8• 8There is one alone and without a second; also he hath neither son nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour, neither is his eye satisfied with riches, and he saith not, For whom then am I labouring, and depriving my soul of good? This also is vanity and a grievous occupation. (Eccl. 4:8)
rise up.
Prov. 31:15‑18• 15And she riseth while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and the day's work to her maidens.
 16She considereth a field, and acquireth it; of the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
 17She girdeth her loins with strength, and maketh strong her arms.
 18She perceiveth that her earning is good; her lamp goeth not out by night. (Prov. 31:15‑18)
the bread.
Gen. 3:17‑19• 17And to Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed be the ground on thy account; with toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
 18and thorns and thistles shall it yield thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.
 19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground: for out of it wast thou taken. For dust thou art; and unto dust shalt thou return. (Gen. 3:17‑19)
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Eccl. 6:7• 7All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. (Eccl. 6:7)
for so he.
Psa. 3:5• 5I laid me down and slept; I awaked, for Jehovah sustaineth me. (Psa. 3:5)
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Psa. 4:8• 8In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; for thou, Jehovah, alone makest me to dwell in safety. (Psa. 4:8)
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Eccl. 5:12• 12The sleep of the labourer is sweet, whether he have eaten little or much; but the fulness of the rich doth not suffer him to sleep. (Eccl. 5:12)
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Jer. 31:26• 26--Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me. (Jer. 31:26)
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Ezek. 34:25• 25And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land; and they shall dwell in safety in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. (Ezek. 34:25)
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Acts 12:5‑6• 5Peter therefore was kept in the prison; but unceasing prayer was made by the assembly to God concerning him.
 6And when Herod was going to bring him forth, that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards before the door kept the prison. (Acts 12:5‑6)
• However great the energy they may put forth, in rising up early and sitting up late, and eating the bread of sorrows―human efforts will be in vain. In contrast to the restless energy of the flesh, the godly who trust in the Lord are kept in perfect calm, surrounded though they may be by sorrows and toil. In the midst of all human unrest, “He giveth His beloved sleep.” (“Psalms 127” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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It is vain for you to rise up early, to lie down late, to eat the bread of sorrowse: so to his beloved one he giveth sleep.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "labours," "toils," Prov. 5.10; 14.23.