It is futile for you to rise up early,
To [a]stay up late,
To (A)eat the bread of painful labor;
This is how He gives to His (B)beloved (C)sleep.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 127:2 Lit sit late

In vain you rise early
    and stay up late,
toiling for food(A) to eat—
    for he grants sleep(B) to[a] those he loves.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 127:2 Or eat— / for while they sleep he provides for