Psalms 127:2 · WEB
“It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil; for he gives sleep to his loved ones.”
— Psalms 127:2
Speaker
Solomon
Era
Kingdom (~1000 BC)
Emotion
resting
Type
psalm
Emotional genome
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Promise of Godrestdivine provisionfutile anxiety
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