Psalm 126:5

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

May those who sow in tears reap with shouts of joy!

Cross References

Psalm 137:1

By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion.

Isaiah 35:10

And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Joel 2:17

Between the vestibule and the altar let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep and say, “Spare thy people, O Lord, and make not thy heritage a reproach, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’ ”

Joel 2:23

“Be glad, O sons of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord, your God; for he has given the early rain for your vindication, he has poured down for you abundant rain, the early and the latter rain, as before.

Matthew 5:4

“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Galatians 6:9

And let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due season we shall reap, if we do not lose heart.