## Psalms Chapter 126

###### Psalms 126:1
[Psalms 126:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/126:1)

שִׁ֗יר הַֽמַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת בְּשׁ֣וּב יְ֭הֹוָה אֶת־שִׁיבַ֣ת צִיּ֑וֹן הָ֝יִ֗ינוּ כְּחֹלְמִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A Ma῾alot Poem. When the Lord brought back the captivity of Żiyyon, we were like men in a dream.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A song of ascents. When the L rd returns the captivity of Zion [from Bavel], [(they shall say concerning all of their past afflictions:)] "We have been as dreamers."


###### Psalms 126:2
[Psalms 126:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/126:2)

אָ֤ז יִמָּלֵ֪א שְׂח֡וֹק פִּינוּ֮ וּלְשׁוֹנֵ֢נוּ רִ֫נָּ֥ה אָ֭ז יֹאמְר֣וּ בַגּוֹיִ֑ם הִגְדִּ֥יל יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת עִם־אֵֽלֶּה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then they said among the nations, The Lord has done great things for them.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Then our mouths will be filled with laughter and our tongues with song. Then it shall be said among the nations: "It is the L rd [(and not chance)] that has wrought greatly with these."


###### Psalms 126:3
[Psalms 126:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/126:3)

הִגְדִּ֣יל יְ֭הֹוָה לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת עִמָּ֗נוּ הָיִ֥ינוּ שְׂמֵחִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The Lord has done great things for us; we are glad.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The L rd, [indeed,] wrought greatly with us — we were happy.


###### Psalms 126:4
[Psalms 126:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/126:4)

שׁוּבָ֣ה יְ֭הֹוָה אֶת־[שְׁבִיתֵ֑נוּ] (שבותנו) כַּאֲפִיקִ֥ים בַּנֶּֽגֶב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Bring back our captivity, O Lord, like the streams in the Negev.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Return, O L rd, our [present] captivity, [and we will be] like [the welcomers of] water-courses in a dry land.


###### Psalms 126:5
[Psalms 126:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/126:5)

הַזֹּרְעִ֥ים בְּדִמְעָ֗ה בְּרִנָּ֥ה יִקְצֹֽרוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They who sow in tears shall reap in joy.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Those who sow in tears [(in a dry land)] reap in song [(when the waters come)].


###### Psalms 126:6
[Psalms 126:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/126:6)

הָ֘ל֤וֹךְ יֵלֵ֨ךְ**׀** וּבָכֹה֮ נֹשֵׂ֢א מֶשֶׁךְ־הַ֫זָּ֥רַע בֹּא־יָבֹ֥א בְרִנָּ֑ה נֹ֝שֵׂ֗א אֲלֻמֹּתָֽיו׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He who goes weeping on his way, bearing a bag of seed, shall come back with a joyful shout, carrying his sheaves.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He walks along, weeping, the bearer of the seed-sack — he will come forth in song, bearing his sheaves. [Thus, Israel sows charity before the L rd in tears in exile — and they shall reap it in song when they are rewarded in time to come.]