Psalms 126:5
Those that sow in tears shall reap with joyful song.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
In Context
4Bring back again, O Lord, our captivity, like rivulets in arid land.
Cross References
Psalms 137:1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat, and we also wept when we remembered Zion.
Isaiah 35:10And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with song, with everlasting joy upon their head; gladness and joy shall they obtain, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Jeremiah 31:13(31:12) Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and youth and old men together: and I will change their mourning into gladness, and I will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
Joel 2:23And ye children of Zion, be glad, and rejoice in the Lord your God; for he hath given you the first rain in beneficence, and he hath caused to come down for you the rain, the first rain, and the latter rain in the first [month].
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 →