Psalms 126

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

A song for pilgrims going up to Jerusalem. When the Lord brought his people back from captivity to Zion, it was as if we were dreaming!

2 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.

We laughed so much, we sang for joy. The other nations said, “The Lord has done wonderful things for these people.”

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

The Lord certainly has done wonderful things for us. How happy we were!

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

Please return and help us again, Lord. Renew us like streams of water that renew the Negev desert.

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

Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy!

6 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.

Those who weep as they go out to sow their seed will be singing in celebration when they carry the harvest home.