Matters of Interpretation

Other people.

All together in one place.

“Like real church.”

If it weren’t Lent, we would shout Alleluia! We do, anyway.

¹When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion,
we were like those who dream.
²Then our mouth was filled with laughter,
and our tongue with shouts of joy;
then it was said among the nations,
“The Lord has done great things for them.”
³The Lord has done great things for us,
and we rejoiced.

⁴Restore our fortunes, O Lord,
like the watercourses in the Negeb.
⁵May those who sow in tears
reap with shouts of joy.
⁶Those who go out weeping,
bearing the seed for sowing,
shall come home with shouts of joy,
carrying their sheaves.

Psalm 126

Image: “Kirchgang in Lundenberg,” Franz Rumpler, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons