A tearful farmer sows near restored Jerusalem as joyful families return carrying abundant grain

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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1A SONG OF THE ASCENTS. In YHWH’s turning back [to] the captivity of Zion, || We have been as dreamers.
2Then our mouth is filled [with] laughter, || And our tongue [with] singing, || Then they say among nations, “YHWH did great things with these.”
3YHWH did great things with us, || We have been joyful.
4Turn again, O YHWH, [to] our captivity, || As streams in the south.
5Those sowing in tears, reap with singing,
6Whoever goes on and weeps, || Carrying the basket of seed, || Surely comes in with singing, carrying his sheaves!
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Verses to memorize from Psalm 126

  • Psalm 126:3YHWH did great things with us, || We have been joyful.
  • Psalm 126:5Those sowing in tears, reap with singing,

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