New Revised Standard NRS
The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream.
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<A Song of the going up.> When the Lord made a change in Zion's fate, we were like men in a 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."
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Then our mouths were full of laughing, and our tongues gave a glad cry; they said among the nations, The Lord has done great things for them.
3 The Lord has done great things for us, and we rejoiced.
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The Lord has done great things for us; because of which we are glad.
4 Restore our fortunes, O Lord, like the watercourses in the Negeb.
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Let our fate be changed, O Lord, like the streams in the South.
5 May those who sow in tears reap with shouts of joy.
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Those who put in seed with weeping will get in the grain with cries of joy.
6 Those who go out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, carrying their sheaves.
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Though a man may go out weeping, taking his vessel of seed with him; he will come again in joy, with the corded stems of grain in his arms.
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