Psalm 127:2
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat— for He gives sleep to His beloved.

Young's Literal Translation
Vain for you who are rising early, Who delay sitting, eating the bread of griefs, So He giveth to His beloved one sleep.

King James Bible
[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.

Hebrew
In vain
שָׁ֤וְא (šāw)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7723: Evil, idolatry, uselessness

you
לָכֶ֨ם ׀ (lā·ḵem)
Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

rise
ק֡וּם (qūm)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

early
מַשְׁכִּ֪ימֵי (maš·kî·mê)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's 7925: To load up, to start early in the morning

and stay up
שֶׁ֗בֶת (še·ḇeṯ)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

late,
מְאַֽחֲרֵי־ (mə·’a·ḥă·rê-)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's 309: To loiter, to procrastinate

toiling
הָעֲצָבִ֑ים (hā·‘ă·ṣā·ḇîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 6089: An earthen vessel, toil, a pang

for bread
לֶ֣חֶם (le·ḥem)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain

to eat—
אֹ֭כְלֵי (’ō·ḵə·lê)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's 398: To eat

for
כֵּ֤ן (kên)
Adverb
Strong's 3651: So -- thus

He gives
יִתֵּ֖ן (yit·tên)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

sleep
שֵׁנָֽא׃ (šê·nā)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8142: Sleep

to His beloved.
לִֽידִיד֣וֹ (lî·ḏî·ḏōw)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3039: Beloved

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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