THOSE WHO WEEP WILL REJOICE

All your building is vain unless God is the builder,

All your watching is vain unless

God is the watchman!

Those who weep as they sow,

Will rejoice at the harvest.

Give your thanks to the Lord

Who brings joy out of sorrow.

He turns sorrow into joy!

You may rise before dawn,

seek your bed after nightfall,

And yet labour in vain, for the Lord

gives the increase.

In his love God makes rich by

his present of children,

Who, like arrows in flight,

will be swift to protect you.

What a blessing God gives

in this quiver of arrows!

When the enemy stands

in the gate of the city.