1 > When Yahweh brought back those who returned to Zion, We were like those who dream.
2 Then our mouth was filled with laughter, And our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, \"Yahweh has done great things for them.\"
3 Yahweh has done great things for us, And we are glad.
4 Restore our fortunes again, Yahweh, Like the streams in the Negev.
5 Those who sow in tears will reap in joy.
6 He who goes out weeping, carrying seed for sowing, Will assuredly come again with joy, carrying his sheaves.
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Today's Verse
Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants that never saw light.
Verse Of The DayIts closing image, sowing in tears but reaping in joy, gives Psalms 126:5 its lasting resonance and anticipates the New Testament encouragement of Galatians 6:9 not to grow weary in doing good. Read next in Psalms 127, which turns from harvest to household.
