Psalm 126
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Chapter overview
Psalm 126 remembers restoration so astonishing it felt like a dream. Laughter and international witness accompany return, while renewed prayer trusts that present tears and costly sowing will become songs and abundant harvest.
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1When the Lord made a change in Zion's fate, we were like men in a dream.
2Then our mouths were full of laughing, and our tongues gave a glad cry; they said among the nations, The Lord has done great things for them.
3The Lord has done great things for us; because of which we are glad.
4Let our fate be changed, O Lord, like the streams in the South.
5Those who put in seed with weeping will get in the grain with cries of joy.
6Though a man may go out weeping, taking his vessel of seed with him; he will come again in joy, with the corded stems of grain in his arms.
Verses to memorize from Psalm 126
- Psalm 126:3The Lord has done great things for us; because of which we are glad.
- Psalm 126:5Those who put in seed with weeping will get in the grain with cries of…
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