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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 unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto thy wife's voice, and hast eaten of the tree [of] which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it, cursed [be] the ground for thy sake: in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all thy life's days;
 19in sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thy return unto the ground, for out of it wast thou taken. For dust [art] thou, 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 handbreadths,{HR}And my lifetime as nothing before thee:{HR}Surely all vanity [is] every man appointed. Selah.
 6Surely in an image doth man walk;{HR}Surely in vain are they disquieted:{HR}He hoardeth, 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;{HR}And, behold, all [is] vanity and a striving after wind. (Eccl. 1:14)
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Eccl. 2:1‑11,20‑23• 1I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth;{HR}Therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also [was] vanity.
 2I said of laughter, [It is] mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
 3I searched in mine heart how to cheer my flesh with wine,{HR}Mine heart yet guiding me with wisdom,{HR}And how to lay hold on folly,{HR}Till I might see what [it was] good for the sons of men{HR}That they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
 4I made me great works; I builded me houses;{HR}I planted me vineyards;
 5I made me gardens and parks,{HR}And I planted trees in them of all [kinds of] fruit:
 6I made me pools of water,{HR}To water therefrom the forest where trees were reared;
 7I bought men-servants and maidens,{HR}And had servants born in my house;{HR}Also I had great possessions of herds and flocks,{HR}Above all that were before me in Jerusalem.
 8I gathered me also silver and gold,{HR}And the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces:{HR}I gat me men singers and women singers,{HR}And the delights of the sons of men, concubines very many.
 9So I was great, and increased{HR}More than all that were before me in Jerusalem:{HR}Also my wisdom remained with me.
 10And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them:{HR}I withheld not my heart from any joy,{HR}For my heart rejoiced because of my labour.
 11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought,{HR}And on the labour that I had laboured to do:{HR}And, behold, all [was] vanity and a striving after wind,{HR}And there was no profit under the sun.
 20Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair{HR}Concerning all the labour wherein I had laboured under the sun.
 21For there is a man whose labour [is] with wisdom,{HR}And with knowledge, and with skilfulness;{HR}Yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion.{HR}This also [is] vanity and a great evil.
 22For what hath a man of all his labour,{HR}And of the striving of the heart,{HR}Wherein he laboureth under the sun?
 23For all his days [are] sorrows, and his travail is grief;{HR}Yea, 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, and he hath not a second;{HR}Yea, he hath neither son nor brother;{HR}Yet is there no end of all his labour,{HR}Neither is his eye satisfied with riches.{HR}For whom then, do I labour, and deprive my soul of good?{HR}This also is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail. (Eccl. 4:8)
rise up.
Prov. 31:15‑18• 15{i}And she riseth while it is yet night,{HR}And giveth meat to her household,{HR}And the day's work to her maidens.{/i}
 16{i}She considereth a field, and acquireth it;{HR}Of the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.{/i}
 17{i}She girdeth her loins with strength,{HR}And maketh strong her arms.{/i}
 18{i}She perceiveth that her earning is good;{HR}Her lamp goeth not out by night.{/i} (Prov. 31:15‑18)
the bread.
Gen. 3:17‑19• 17And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto thy wife's voice, and hast eaten of the tree [of] which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it, cursed [be] the ground for thy sake: in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all thy life's days;
 18and thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt eat herbage of the field;
 19in sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thy return unto the ground, for out of it wast thou taken. For dust [art] thou, 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,{HR}And yet the appetite is not filled. (Eccl. 6:7)
for so he.
Psa. 3:5• 5I have lain down and slept;{HR}I have awaked, for Jehovah sustaineth me. (Psa. 3:5)
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Psa. 4:8• 8In peace I will both lie down and sleep,{HR}For thou alone, O Jehovah, causest me to dwell safely. (Psa. 4:8)
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Eccl. 5:12• 12The sleep of a labouring man is sweet,{HR}Whether he eat little or much:{HR}But the fullness of the rich{HR}Will not suffer him to sleep. (Eccl. 5:12)
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Jer. 31:26• 26Upon 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 the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. (Ezek. 34:25)
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Acts 12:5‑6• 5Peter, then, was kept in the prison; but prayer was earnestly made by the assembly unto God concerning him.
 6And when Herod was about to bring him forward, on that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards before the door were keeping 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.” (“Psalm 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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[It is] in vain for you rising up early,{HR}Sitting up late,{HR}Eating bread of [the] sorrows:{HR}So he giveth unto his beloved sleep.