Salme 126

1 Sang til Festrejserne. Da HERREN hjemførte Zions Fanger, var vi som drømmende;

A Song of the going up. When the Lord made a change in Zion's fate, we were like men in a dream.

2 da fyldtes vor Mund med Latter, vor Tunge med Frydesang; da hed det blandt Folkene: »HERREN har gjort store Ting imod dem!«

Then our mouths were full of laughing, and our tongues gave a glad cry; they said among the nations, The Lord has done great things for them.

3 HERREN har gjort store Ting imod os, og vi blev glade.

The Lord has done great things for us; because of which we are glad.

4 Vend, o Herre, vort Fangenskab, som Sydlandets Strømme!

Let our fate be changed, O Lord, like the streams in the South.

5 De, som saar med Graad, skal høste med Frydesang;

Those who put in seed with weeping will get in the grain with cries of joy.

6 de gaar deres Gang med Graad, naar de udstrør Sæden, med Frydesang kommer de hjem, bærende deres Neg.

Though a man may go out weeping, taking his vessel of seed with him; he will come again in joy, with the corded stems of grain in his arms.