Psalms 126:5–6
Those who sow with tears will come back with shouts of joy
Study it word by word5Those who sow with tears with shouts of joy will reap.
6Going he goes and weeping, the one who carries the bag of seed; coming he will come with shouts of joy, carrying his sheaves.
In its context
3YHWH has done great things with us; we were glad.
4Bring back, YHWH, our captivity, like the streambeds in the Negev.
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Its words in the original
- זֹּרְעִיםzorim· sow
Sow; produce seed.
- דִמְעָהdima· tears, weeping
Tears, weeping. In 2 Kings 20:5 YHWH says to Hezekiah: "I have seen your tears." Frequent in the Psalms and in Jeremiah (Psalm 56:8; Jeremiah 9:1).
- רִנָּהrina· cry, shout
Cry: a loud shout, of joy or of pleading, depending on the case.
- יִקְצֹרוּyiktsoru· reap, be short
Reap: cut the grain; harvest. Also be short, be shortened ("is the hand of YHWH too short?").
- הָלוֹךְhaloch· go, walk
Go, walk, come. Figuratively, the way one lives ("walk with God").
- יֵלֵךְyelech· go, walk
Go, walk, depart; in the causative form, lead or bring.
- בָכֹהvacho· weep
Weep, cry; mourn for someone.
- נֹשֵׂאnose· lift, carry, bear
Lift up, carry, bear. "Bear sin" is to suffer its consequences; said of God, "taking away" sin is forgiving it. "Lift up the eyes" is to look.
- מֶשֶׁךְmeshech· acquisition, possession
What is drawn out or acquired; a possession; also a sowing.
- זָּרַעzara· offspring, seed
Seed. From there "offspring": the children and generations that come from someone. Also sowing and semen.
- בֹּאbo· come, go in, bring
Come, arrive, go in, enter. In the causative form, "bring" or "carry in". "Go in to" a woman is to have marital relations with her.
- אֲלֻמֹּתָיalumotay· sheaf
Sheaf: a bundle of stalks of grain tied together.