Psalm 126

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Psalm 126 (JPS 1917)

Hebrew

שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת בְּשׁוּב יְהוָה אֶת־שִׁיבַת צִיּוֹן הָיִינוּ כְּחֹלְמִים׃

אָז יִמָּלֵא שְׂחוֹק פִּינוּ וּלְשׁוֹנֵנוּ רִנָּה אָז יֹאמְרוּ בַגּוֹיִם הִגְדִּיל יְהוָה לַעֲשׂוֹת עִם־אֵלֶּה׃

הִגְדִּיל יְהוָה לַעֲשׂוֹת עִמָּנוּ הָיִינוּ שְׂמֵחִים׃

שׁוּבָה יְהוָה אֶת־שבותנו [שְׁבִיתֵנוּ] כַּאֲפִיקִים בַּנֶּגֶב׃

הַזֹּרְעִים בְּדִמְעָה בְּרִנָּה יִקְצֹרוּ׃

הָלוֹךְ יֵלֵךְ וּבָכֹה נֹשֵׂא מֶשֶׁךְ־הַזָּרַע בֹּא־יָבוֹא בְרִנָּה נֹשֵׂא אֲלֻמֹּתָיו׃

Tanach with Nikkud, a digital edition of the Leningrad Codex, Sefaria, from the Unicode/XML Leningrad Codex at tanach.us, 2026. Via Sefaria.org. Checked against a second encoding. Out of copyright in the United States on the basis stated here, and free to reuse there. Please keep the citation with it.

English

A Song of Ascents.

When the LORD brought back those that returned to Zion,

We were like unto them that dream.

Then was our mouth filled with laughter,

And our tongue with singing;

Then said they among the nations:

'The LORD hath done great things with these.'

The LORD hath done great things with us;

We are rejoiced.

Turn our captivity, O LORD,

As the streams in the dry land.

They that sow in tears

Shall reap in joy.

Though he goeth on his way weeping that beareth the measure of seed,

He shall come home with joy, bearing his sheaves.

The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS), Jewish Publication Society of America, 1917. Checked against a second digitisation. Out of copyright in the United States on the basis stated here, and free to reuse there. Please keep the citation with it.

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