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Return our people from exile, Adonai,
as streams fill vadis in the Negev.

Those who sow in tears
will reap with cries of joy.
He who goes out weeping
as he carries his sack of seed
will come home with cries of joy
as he carries his sheaves of grain.

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Restore our fortunes,[a](A) Lord,
    like streams in the Negev.(B)
Those who sow with tears(C)
    will reap(D) with songs of joy.(E)
Those who go out weeping,(F)
    carrying seed to sow,
will return with songs of joy,
    carrying sheaves with them.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 126:4 Or Bring back our captives