Psalmorum 126

1 canticum graduum in convertendo Dominum captivitatem Sion facti sumus sicut consolati

A song of ascents. When the Lord turned the fortunes of Zion, we were like dreamers.

2 tunc repletum est gaudio os nostrum et lingua nostra exultatione tunc dicent inter gentes magnificavit Dominus facere cum eis

Then was our mouth filled with laughter, our tongue with glad shouts; then among the nations they said, “The Lord has dealt greatly with them.”

3 magnificavit Dominus facere nobiscum facti sumus laetantes

The Lord had dealt greatly with us, and we were rejoicing.

4 converte Domine captivitatem nostram sicut torrens in austro

Turn our fortunes, O Lord, as the streams in the Negreb.

5 qui seminant in lacrimis in exultatione metent

They who sow in tears shall reap with glad shouts.

6 euntes ibant et flebant portantes semina sua venientes autem venient in exultatione portantes manipulos suos

Forth they fare, with their burden of seed, and they weep as they go. But home, home, with glad shouts they shall come with their arms full of sheaves.