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Liturgy: Responsive Reading of Psalm 126 with sung refrain

(Please feel free to use this adaptation.  Credit:  Rev. Murray Speer, NRSV, Voices United Psalter, The Inclusive Bible.)



Psalm 126
Responsive Reading with Refrain – Voices United p. 850 ref. 1

We’ll sing the song of joy, we’ll sing the song of joy!

When God brought us home from captivity,
it was like we were in a dream.
            Our mouths were full of laughter then,
            and our tongues were filled with shouts of joy.
Those who were outside looking in said:
'God has done great things for them.'
            Yes, God had done great things for us,
            we were filled with joy. 

We’ll sing the song of joy, we’ll sing the song of joy!

Set our hearts free again, O God,
like streams in the driest desert.
Then those who now sow in tears
will reap with shouts of joy.
Those who go out weeping
as they carry the seed for sowing,
            shall come home with songs of joy,
            as they carry their harvest home.

We’ll sing the song of joy, we’ll sing the song of joy!
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