Psalm 126

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

Psalm 126

A Harvest of Joy

A Song of Ascents.

¹When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion,^[a]
    we were like those who dream.^(A)
²Then our mouth was filled with laughter
    and our tongue with shouts of joy;
then it was said among the nations,
    “The Lord has done great things for them.”^(B)
³The Lord has done great things for us,
    and we rejoiced.^(C)

⁴Restore our fortunes, O Lord,
    like the watercourses in the Negeb.^(D)
⁵May those who sow in tears
    reap with shouts of joy.^(E)
⁶Those who go out weeping,
    bearing the seed for sowing,
shall come home with shouts of joy,
    carrying their sheaves.

Footnotes

126.1 Or brought back those who returned to Zion

Psalm 126

The Message

126 ^1-3It seemed like a dream, too good to be true,
    when God returned Zion’s exiles.
We laughed, we sang,
    we couldn’t believe our good fortune.
We were the talk of the nations—
    “God was wonderful to them!”
God was wonderful to us;
    we are one happy people.

^4-6And now, God, do it again—
    bring rains to our drought-stricken lives
So those who planted their crops in despair
    will shout “Yes!” at the harvest,
So those who went off with heavy hearts
    will come home laughing, with armloads of blessing.

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVUE)

The Message (MSG)

Psalm 126 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition