Psalms 126

1 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!

canticum graduum in convertendo Dominum captivitatem Sion facti sumus sicut consolati

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

tunc repletum est gaudio os nostrum et lingua nostra exultatione tunc dicent inter gentes magnificavit Dominus facere cum eis

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

magnificavit Dominus facere nobiscum facti sumus laetantes

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

converte Domine captivitatem nostram sicut torrens in austro

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

qui seminant in lacrimis in exultatione metent

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

euntes ibant et flebant portantes semina sua venientes autem venient in exultatione portantes manipulos suos