Psalmorum 126

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

A song of ascents. When the Lord turned the fortunes of Zion, we were like dreamers.

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

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 Magnificavit Dominus facere nobiscum: facti sumus lætantes.

The Lord had dealt greatly with us, and we were rejoicing.

4 Converte Domine captivitatem nostram, sicut torrens in Austro.

Turn our fortunes, O Lord, as the streams in the Negreb.

5 Qui seminant in lacrymis, in exultatione metent.

They who sow in tears shall reap with glad shouts.

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

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.