1When Yahweh restored the fortunes of Zion,
we were like those who dream.

2Then our mouths were filled with laughter
and our tongues with singing.
Then they said among the nations,
“Yahweh has done great things for them.”

3Yahweh did great things for us;
how glad we were!

4Restore our fortunes, Yahweh,
like the streams in the Negev.

5Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.

6He who goes out weeping, carrying seed for sowing,
will return again with shouts of joy, bringing his bundles of grain with him.