1When Jehovah brought back the captive ones of Zion, it was like a dream. 2Then our mouths were filled with laughter and our tongues with joyful songs. Then the nations said: »Jehovah has done spectacular things for them.« 3Jehovah has done spectacular things for us. We are overjoyed. 4Deliver us from captivity, O Jehovah, as you restore streams to dry riverbeds in the Negev. 5Those who cry while they plant will joyfully sing while they harvest. 6The person who goes out weeping, carrying his bag of seed, will come home singing, carrying his bundles of grain.