¹It was like a dream come true

when you freed us from our bondage and brought us back to Zion!

²We laughed and laughed and overflowed with gladness.

We were left shouting for joy and singing your praise.

All the nations saw it and joined in, saying,

“The Lord has done great miracles for them!”

³Yes, he did mighty miracles and we are overjoyed!

⁴Now, Lord, do it again! Restore us to our former glory!

May streams of your refreshing flow over us

until our dry hearts are drenched again.

⁵Those who sow their tears as seeds[#126:5 Or “sow their seeds with tears.” A sower weeps when he sows his precious seed while his children are hungry. This is a picture of sacrificing what little we have for the harvest to come.]

will reap a harvest with joyful shouts of glee.

⁶They may weep as they go out carrying their seed to sow,

but they will return with joyful laughter and shouting with gladness

as they bring back armloads of blessing and a harvest overflowing!