In contrast to the untiring effort suggested by the building, the watching, the late

nights and early rising which, because carried out independently of the Lord, ends in

sorrow and vanity, there is placed a picture of "His beloved" just resting on His

faithfulness, receiving the gifts of the Lord's grace "in their sleep." This passage does

not by any means condemn the building, the watching, the early rising, and the diligent

efforts, but it does show the vanity of these things apart from the Lord.

"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not to thine own understanding. In all

thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct (rightly divide, LXX) thy paths"

(Proverbs 3: 5, 6).