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Psalm 126

Psalm 126 in 30 seconds

When God brought us home, we were like dreamers. Those who sow in tears reap with joy.

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Zion’s Captives Restored

A song of ascents.

¹When Yahweh restored the captives of Zion,

we were like dreamers.

²Then our mouths were filled with laughter,

our tongues with shouts of joy.

Then it was said among the nations,

“Yahweh has done great things for them.”

³Yahweh has done great things for us;

we are filled with joy.

⁴Restore our captives, O Yahweh,

like streams in the Negev.

⁵Those who sow in tears

will reap with shouts of joy.

⁶He who goes out weeping,

bearing a trail of seed,

will surely return with shouts of joy,

carrying sheaves of grain.

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Psalm 126

Zion’s Captives Restored

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