Psalmorum 126

1 Canticum graduum. [In convertendo Dominus captivitatem Sion, facti sumus sicut consolati.

A song of ascents. When Yahweh restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream.

2 Tunc repletum est gaudio os nostrum, et lingua nostra exsultatione. Tunc dicent inter gentes: Magnificavit Dominus facere cum eis.

Then our mouths were filled with laughter and our tongues with singing. Then they said among the nations, “Yahweh has done great things for them.”

3 Magnificavit Dominus facere nobiscum; facti sumus lætantes.

Yahweh did great things for us; how glad we were!

4 Converte, Domine, captivitatem nostram, sicut torrens in austro.

Restore our fortunes, Yahweh, like the streams in the Negev.

5 Qui seminant in lacrimis, in exsultatione metent.

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

6 Euntes ibant et flebant, mittentes semina sua. Venientes autem venient cum exsultatione, portantes manipulos suos.]

He who goes out weeping, carrying seed for sowing, will return again with shouts of joy, bringing his bundles of grain with him.