Restore our fortunes, O Lord,
like the watercourses in the Negeb.
May those who sow in tears
reap with shouts of joy.
Those who go out weeping,
bearing the seed for sowing,
shall come home with shouts of joy,
carrying their sheaves.
The streams of the Negev desert are restored seasonally, but most of the year are bone dry.
I often seek to abstract scripture's meaning, but in this case the use of "restore our fortune" is misleading.
"Redeem our captivity" is closer to the intended meaning. Those who were exiled in Babylon seek restoration.
Those of us lost, separated, dry, and nearly dead ask to be rejoined with the life-giving abundance of God.
As rain in the desert causes a sudden profusion of life, restore me O God.
Psalm 126
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