Psalms 126:5
Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.
BSB
ASV
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
KJV
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
HOMILIES ON THE PSALMS 14:4 (379)
"Blessed are they who weep, for they shall laugh." They, therefore, who spend the days of their life, which is already at its consummation and declining toward its setting, in weeping for their sins, these will be glad in that true morning that is approaching. "They that sow in tears shall reap in joy," of course, in the future.
Nay, there are tears which are themselves the seed that we must sow, tears of sorrow for sin, our own and others, tears of sympathy with the afflicted church, and the tears of tenderness in prayer and under the word.
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. Hence, present distress must not be viewed as if it would last for ever; it is not the end, by any means, but only a means to the end. Sorrow is our sowing, rejoicing shall be our reaping. If there were no sowing in tears there would be no reaping in joy. If we were never captives we could never lead our captivity captive. Our mouth had never been filled with holy laughter if it had not been first filled with the bitterness of grief.
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Galatians 6:9Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
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Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
But as for you, brothers, do not grow weary in well-doing.
Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall.
So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.
Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
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Matthew 5:4Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
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‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”
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And now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any…
to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,