The Long View

“When from our exile God leads us home again,
we’ll think we’re dreaming.

Then lead us home, bring us to life again,
even as rivers which, in the desert,
when the first rain falls,
start flowing again.

Sow seed in sadness, harvest in gladness.
A man goes his way and sows seed with tears.
Back he comes, singing,
sheaves on his shoulder.”

–Psalm 126 (translated by Dutch poet Huub Oosterhuis)