Psalms 126:5
They who are sowing with tears, with shouting, shall reap:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
In Context
4Bring thou back, O Yahweh, our captives, like channels in the South.
Cross References
Psalms 137:1By the rivers of Babylon, there, we sat down, yea we wept—when we remembered Zion:
Isaiah 35:10And the ransomed of Yahweh! shall return, And shall enter Zion with shouting, With gladness age-abiding, upon their head, Joy and gladness shall overtake them, And sorrow and sighing, shall flee away.
Jeremiah 31:13Then shall the virgin rejoice, in the dance, And young men and elders [rejoice] together, And I will turn their mourning into gladness and will comfort them, And will make them rejoice from their sorrow;
Joel 2:23Ye sons of Zion, then, exult and be glad in Yahweh your God, for he hath given you the seed-rain, in right manner,—Yea he hath caused to descend for you a down-pour, of seed-rain and of the harvest-rain in the first month;
John 16:20Verily, verily, I say unto you—Ye, shall weep and lament, but, the world, shall rejoice: Ye, shall be grieved, but, your grief, into joy, shall be turned.
Galatians 6:9And, in doing that which is honourable, let us not be fainthearted; for, in due season, we shall reap, if we faint not.
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 →