Psalm 126 – Sowing in Tears

A song of ascents.

126 When the Lord turned the fortunes of Zion,

we were like dreamers.

2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter,

our tongue with glad shouts;

then among the nations they said,

‘The Lord has dealt greatly with them.’

3 The Lord had dealt greatly with us,

and we were rejoicing.

4 Turn our fortunes, O Lord,

as the streams in the Negreb.

5 They who sow in tears

shall reap with glad shouts.

6 Forth they fare, with their burden of seed,

and they weep as they go.

But home, home, with glad shouts they shall come

with their arms full of sheaves.