Psalmorum 126

1 Canticum graduum. In convertendo Dominus captivitatem Sion, facti sumus sicut consolati.

A song of ascents. When Yahweh restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream.

2 Tunc repletum est gaudio os nostrum, et lingua nostra exsultatione. Tunc dicent inter gentes: Magnificavit Dominus facere cum eis.

Then our mouths were filled with laughter and our tongues with singing. Then they said among the nations, “Yahweh has done great things for them.”

3 Magnificavit Dominus facere nobiscum; facti sumus lætantes.

Yahweh did great things for us; how glad we were!

4 Converte, Domine, captivitatem nostram, sicut torrens in austro.

Restore our fortunes, Yahweh, like the streams in the Negev.

5 Qui seminant in lacrimis, in exsultatione metent.

Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.

6 Euntes ibant et flebant, mittentes semina sua. Venientes autem venient cum exsultatione, portantes manipulos suos.

He who goes out weeping, carrying seed for sowing, will return again with shouts of joy, bringing his bundles of grain with him.