Psalm CXXVI

When God did lay aside his wrath,
And [Captive] Sion did redeem,
The great surprisal of our joy
Made us like men that [do but] dream.

Our mouth then fill'd with laughter did
[By] singing our [great] joy express;
That God hath done great things for us,
The heathen [enemies] did confess.

That God hath done great things for us,
We speak with [glad and] thankful mouth:

Fully restore thy Captives, Lord,
As streams refresh the [scorched] South.

They that do sow in mournful tears,
Their [water'd] seed's not cast away;
But they a multiplyed crop
Shall [shortly] reap with endless joy.

He that in tears doth now go forth,
And cast his [precious] seed on earth;
With great increase in plenteous sheaves
Shall come again with [endless] mirth.