1 A song of ascents. When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers. 2 Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.” 3 The LORD has done great things for us; we are filled with joy. 4 Restore our captives, O LORD, like streams in the Negev. 5 Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy. 6 He who goes out weeping, bearing a trail of seed, will surely return with shouts of joy, carrying sheaves of grain.
Psalms · Majority Standard Bible
Psalm 126 Majority Standard Bible
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Notes on this text (1)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
Cross references (6)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Hosea 6:11; Joel 3:1; Psalm 85:1; Jeremiah 31:8–10; Acts 12:9
- 2 Job 8:21; Psalm 71:19; Isaiah 35:10; Zechariah 8:22–23; Psalm 106:47–48
- 3 Luke 1:49; Isaiah 51:9–11; Isaiah 66:14; Isaiah 12:4–6; Revelation 12:10
- 4 Psalm 85:4; Joshua 3:16; Psalm 126:1; Hosea 1:11; Isaiah 35:6
- 5 Galatians 6:9; Isaiah 35:10; John 16:20–22; Joel 2:23; Matthew 5:4
- 6 Isaiah 9:2–3; Galatians 6:7–8; Psalm 30:5; Isaiah 61:3; Jeremiah 50:4–5
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
"They that put their trust in the Lord shall be even as the mount Sion: they shall not be removed for ever" (ver. 1). 3. Who are these? "They shall stand fast for ever, who dwell in Jerusalem" (ver. 2).
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
Of that harvest it is said, "They that sow in tears shall reap with joy." But to that harvest not apostles, but angels, shall be sent forth.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)
… by abstaining from wine and flesh, not because we abhor them as abominations, but because we look for our reward; that having scorned things sensible, we may enjoy a spiritual and intellectual feast; and that having now sown in tears we may reap in joy in the world to come.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)