When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
2Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.
3The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.
4Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.
5They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
6He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
About Psalm 126
When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. The homecoming psalm — mouths filled with laughter, and the nations conceding: the LORD hath done great things for them.
Its second half prays for rain on what remains dry — turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south — and gives sowers in hard seasons their charter: they that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing.
The Book of Psalms — summary, themes & key verses
The Bible's prayer book — 150 songs of praise, lament, trust, and honest human need.
