Psalm 126
Zion’s Captives Restored
A song of ascents.
¹ When the LORD restored the captives of Zion,1 we were like dreamers.2
² Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”
³ The LORD has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.
⁴ Restore our captives,3 O LORD, like streams in the Negev.
⁵ Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.
⁶ He who goes out weeping, bearing a trail of seed, will surely return with shouts of joy, carrying sheaves of grain.