Psalms 126:5
Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy!
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
In Context
4Please return and help us again, Lord. Renew us like streams of water that renew the Negev desert.
Cross References
Psalms 137:1When we sat down by the rivers of Babylon we wept as we remembered Zion.
Isaiah 35:10Those the Lord has set free will return, singing as they enter Jerusalem, wearing crowns of everlasting joy. They are overcome with thankfulness and happiness; sorrow and sadness simply disappear.
Jeremiah 31:13The girls will dance in celebration; young men and old people will join in too. I will turn their sorrow into joy, and I will comfort them and change their sadness into happiness.
Joel 2:23People of Jerusalem! Celebrate and be happy in the Lord your God because he has given you rain to show his goodness. As before he sends the autumn and the spring rains.
John 16:20I tell you the truth, you will weep and mourn, but the world will rejoice. You will grieve, but your grief will turn into joy.
Galatians 6:9Let's never tire of doing good, for we'll reap a harvest at the proper time, if we don't give up.
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 →