Psalm 126:5

New American Bible - revised edition

Those who sow in tears will reap with cries of joy.

Cross References

Psalm 137:1

By the rivers of Babylon there we sat weeping when we remembered Zion.

Isaiah 35:10

And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and enter Zion singing, crowned with everlasting joy; They meet with joy and gladness, sorrow and mourning flee away.

Joel 2:17

Between the porch and the altar let the priests weep, let the ministers of the Lord weep and say: “Spare your people, Lord! do not let your heritage become a disgrace, a byword among the nations! Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’” The Lord Relents.

Joel 2:23

Children of Zion, delight and rejoice in the Lord, your God! For he has faithfully given you the early rain, sending rain down on you, the early and the late rains as before.

Matthew 5:4

Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted.

Galatians 6:9

Let us not grow tired of doing good, for in due time we shall reap our harvest, if we do not give up.