A Song of Degrees.
1When the Lord turned the captivity of Sion, we became as comforted ones.
2Then was our mouth filled with joy, and our tongue with exultation: then would they say among the Gentiles,
3The Lord has done great things among them. The Lord has done great things for us, we became joyful.
4Turn, O Lord, our captivity, as the streams in the south.
5They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
6They went on and wept as they cast their seeds; but they shall surely come with exultation, bringing their sheaves with them.
Psalm 125 (Hebrew/KJV numbering: Psalm 126) · Read in Kathisma 18 of the Psalter.
Text: The Septuagint Psalter, translated by Sir Lancelot C. L. Brenton (1851). Public domain.