Zion’s Captives Restored
A song of ascents.
When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, 1 Hos 6:11Jol 3:1Psa 85:1Jer 31:8-10Act 12:9Psa 120:1Psa 123:1Psa 53:6
we were like dreamers. 2
Then our mouths were filled with laughter, Job 8:21Isa 35:10Psa 71:19Zec 8:22-23Psa 106:47-48Jer 33:11Neh 6:16Psa 53:6
our tongues with shouts of joy.
Then it was said among the nations,
“The LORD has done great things for them.”
The LORD has done great things for us; Luk 1:49Isa 51:9-11Isa 66:14Isa 12:4-6Psa 66:5-6Psa 68:7-8Rev 12:10Rev 19:1-7
we are filled with joy.
Restore our captives, 3 O LORD, Psa 85:4Hos 1:11Isa 35:6Isa 41:18Isa 43:19Jos 3:16Psa 126:1
like streams in the Negev.
Those who sow in tears Gal 6:9Isa 35:10Jhn 16:20-22Jol 2:23Mat 5:4Jer 31:9-13Isa 12:1-3Psa 137:1
will reap with shouts of joy.
He who goes out weeping, Isa 9:2-3Gal 6:7-8Psa 30:5Isa 61:3Jer 50:4-5Job 11:13-17Rev 7:15-17Act 16:29-34
bearing a trail of seed,
will surely return with shouts of joy,
carrying sheaves of grain.