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Psalm 127:2
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2 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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  1. Psalm 127:2 Lit sit late
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Psalm 127:2
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2 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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  1. Psalm 127:2 Or eat— / for while they sleep he provides for
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Ecclesiastes 5:17
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17 All his life (A)he also eats in darkness with (B)great irritation, sickness, and anger.

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Ecclesiastes 5:17
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17 All their days they eat in darkness,
    with great frustration, affliction and anger.

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