Psalm 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.
Fathers and councils · 4
Augustine of Hippo
““It is but lost labour that ye haste to rise up before dawn” (ver. 2).” — the author cites it
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Jerome
“In reply to a request from Marcella for information concerning two phrases in Ps. cxxvii. (“bread of sorrow,” v. 2, and “children of the shaken off,” A.V. “of the youth,” v. 4).” — the author cites it
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…of thee, who hast entered upon sweet peace after suffering, and received (over and above the rest which comes to all), that sleep which is due to the beloved, as befitted one who lived and died amid the words of piety.” — editor's note: Ib. cxxvii. 2.
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John Cassian
“And “Vain is it for you to rise up before light.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxxvi. (cxxvii.) 1, 2.
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Cross-references · 8
Cited together in Letters Letter 34.
Cited together in Letters Letter 34.
Cited together in The Institutes XII.9.
Cited together in The Institutes XII.9.
Cited together in The Institutes XII.9.
Cited together in The Institutes XII.9.
Cited together in Letters Letter 34.
Cited together in Letters Letter 34.