1When the Lord turned the fortunes of Zion, we were like dreamers.
2Then was our mouth filled with laughter, our tongue with glad shouts; then among the nations they said, “The Lord has dealt greatly with them.”
3The Lord had dealt greatly with us, and we were rejoicing.
4Turn our fortunes, O Lord, as the streams in the Negreb.
5They who sow in tears shall reap with glad shouts.
6Forth they fare, with their burden of seed, and they weep as they go. But home, home, with glad shouts they shall come with their arms full of sheaves.