Psalm 126:4-6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
4 Restore our captives, Lord,
like the dry stream beds of the Negeb.[a]
II
5 Those who sow in tears
will reap with cries of joy.(A)
6 Those who go forth weeping,
carrying sacks of seed,
Will return with cries of joy,
carrying their bundled sheaves.
Footnotes
- 126:4 Like the dry stream beds of the Negeb: the psalmist prays for rain in such abundance that the dry riverbeds will run.
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