The sleep of a labouring man {is} sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.

And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig {about thee, and} thou shalt take thy rest in safety.

I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.

Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.

Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all {is} vanity and vexation of spirit.

And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.

She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.

All the labour of man {is} for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. {appetite: Heb. soul}

Behold, thou hast made my days {as} an handbreadth; and mine age {is} as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state {is} altogether vanity. Selah. {at...: Heb. settled}

There is one {alone}, and {there is} not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet {is there} no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither {saith he}, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This {is} also vanity, yea, it {is} a sore travail.

I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also {is} vanity.

That thy beloved may be delivered; save {with} thy right hand, and hear me.

Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him. {prayer...: or, instant and earnest prayer was made}

And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed {is} the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat {of} it all the days of thy life;

I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.

When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

And {though} the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: {affliction: or, oppression}

All his days also he eateth in darkness, and {he hath} much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up {riches}, and knoweth not who shall gather them. {a vain...: Heb. an image}

For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?

And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed {is} the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat {of} it all the days of thy life;

She perceiveth that her merchandise {is} good: her candle goeth not out by night. {She...: Heb. She tasteth}

For all his days {are} sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also {there is that} neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)

The sleep of a labouring man {is} sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

And say, Thus saith the king, Put this {fellow} in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.

Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.

That thy beloved may be delivered; save {with} thy right hand, and hear me.

Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, {even} the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.