Advent Week 3. Reading 2

Psalms 126

When the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion,
        we were like those who dream.
2     Then our mouth was filled with laughter,
        and our tongue with shouts of joy;
    then it was said among the nations,
        “The LORD has done great things for them.”
3     The LORD has done great things for us,
        and we rejoiced.
 
4        Restore our fortunes, O LORD,
        like the watercourses in the Negeb.
5     May those who sow in tears
        reap with shouts of joy.
6     Those who go out weeping,
        bearing the seed for sowing,
    shall come home with shouts of joy,
        carrying their sheaves.