Read Psalm 126
When
the Lord brought us back to Jerusalem,g
it was like a dream!
2 How we laughed,
how we sang for joy!
Then the other nations said about us,
“The Lord did
great things for them.”
3 Indeed he did
great things for us;
how happy we were!
4 Lord, make us prosperous again,h
just as the rain brings water back to dry riverbeds.
5 Let those who wept
as they sowed their seed,
gather the harvest with joy!
6 Those who wept as
they went out carrying the seed
will come back singing for joy,
as they bring in the harvest.
Think
This Psalm celebrates
restoration after disaster. The disaster
in this case was being taken as slaves into exile; the restoration was
return. Verses 4 and 5 offer an
interesting image: Sewing seeds and watering them with tears and then gathering
a harvest with joy.
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