Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
so he giveth his beloved sleep—that is, His providential care gives sleep which no efforts of ours can otherwise procure, and this is a reason for trust as to other things (compare Matthew 6:26-32).
The theme of this Psalm, that human enterprises only succeed by the divine blessing, was probably associated with the building of the temple by Solomon, its author. It may have been adopted in this view, as suited to this series especially, as appropriately expressing the sentiments of God's worshippers in relation to the erection of the second temple. (Psalms 127:1-5)
suggest the view of the theme given.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Psalms 127:2:
Psalms 127:1-2
Proverbs 5:10
Isaiah 30:20
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