Psa 127:2 | MHM | STEP | v. 2. He giveth his beloved sleep. This is the crown of the preceding verses. All the anxious toil described above—the early rising, the late watching, the joyless meals—is set in deliberate contrast with the quiet rest God freely bestows upon those who trust him. The phrase speaks, first, of literal, bodily sleep: it is God's gift, not the reward of frantic striving. But it speaks of far more than this; it means quietness and contentment of mind, a comfortable enjoyment of what is present, and a comfortable expectation of what is to come. Those who fret and strain receive no more than those who rest in God's provision—and they receive it with far less peace. Our care, then, must be to keep ourselves in the love of God, and then we may be easy whether we have little or much of this world. He who is beloved of the Lord need not scheme like Absalom nor cry out like Adonijah; God accomplishes his purposes for his own in their very hours of rest, without violence or anxiety on their part.

‏ Psalms 127:2

v. 2. He giveth his beloved sleep. This is the crown of the preceding verses. All the anxious toil described above—the early rising, the late watching, the joyless meals—is set in deliberate contrast with the quiet rest God freely bestows upon those who trust him. The phrase speaks, first, of literal, bodily sleep: it is God's gift, not the reward of frantic striving. But it speaks of far more than this; it means quietness and contentment of mind, a comfortable enjoyment of what is present, and a comfortable expectation of what is to come. Those who fret and strain receive no more than those who rest in God's provision—and they receive it with far less peace. Our care, then, must be to keep ourselves in the love of God, and then we may be easy whether we have little or much of this world. He who is beloved of the Lord need not scheme like Absalom nor cry out like Adonijah; God accomplishes his purposes for his own in their very hours of rest, without violence or anxiety on their part.