King James Version (KJV)
Psalms 127:2
“[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.”
Verse in context — Psalms 127
1
A Song of degrees for Solomon. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh [but] in vain.
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.
3
Lo, children [are] an heritage of the LORD: [and] the fruit of the womb [is his] reward.
4
As arrows [are] in the hand of a mighty man; so [are] children of the youth.
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