Psalms 126:6
Though a man may go out weeping, taking his vessel of seed with him; he will come again in joy, with the corded stems of grain in his arms.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
5Those who put in seed with weeping will get in the grain with cries of joy.
Cross References
Psalms 30:5\30:4\Make songs to the Lord, O you saints of his, and give praise to his holy name.
Isaiah 9:2The people who went in the dark have seen a great light, and for those who were living in the land of the deepest night, the light is shining.
Jeremiah 50:4In those days and in that time, says the Lord, the children of Israel will come, they and the children of Judah together; they will go on their way weeping and making prayer to the Lord their God.
Acts 16:29And he sent for lights and came rushing in and, shaking with fear, went down on his face before Paul and Silas,
Revelation 7:15This is why they are before the high seat of God; and they are his servants day and night in his house: and he who is seated on the high seat will be a tent over them.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 126:5-6
Hope for the Sorrowful. 4 Turn again our captivity, O Lord , as the streams in the south. 5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. These verses look forward to the mercies that were yet wanted. Those that had come out of captivity were still in distress, even in their own land ( Neh. i. 3 ), and many yet remained in Babylon; and therefore they rejoiced with trembling, and bore upon… Read the whole commentary →