Restore our fortunes,[a](A) Lord,
    like streams in the Negev.(B)
Those who sow with tears(C)
    will reap(D) with songs of joy.(E)
Those who go out weeping,(F)
    carrying seed to sow,
will return with songs of joy,
    carrying sheaves with them.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 126:4 Or Bring back our captives

Turn again our captivity, O Lord, as the streams in the south.

They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

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