Those who sow in tears will reap in joy.
A restoration song compares sorrowful labor with a hoped-for harvest.
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Old Testament
Deuteronomy1 verses →
Anonymous. Largely a farewell address placed in Moses' mouth by a narrator who goes on to describe his death.
Joshua1 verses →
Anonymous. Tells Joshua's story in the third person.
Psalms6 verses →
Many hands over centuries. Superscriptions assign a number to David; those are ancient editorial notes, not signatures.
Proverbs3 verses →
A collection headed as Solomon's, which elsewhere names other compilers.
Ecclesiastes1 verses →
Written in the voice of 'the Preacher, the son of David' — a role rather than a name.
Isaiah2 verses →
Spans centuries of material and has long been read as the work of more than one hand.
Lamentations1 verses →
Anonymous. Tradition assigns it to Jeremiah; the text does not.
New Testament
Matthew2 verses →
Anonymous. The name is a second-century attribution.
John3 verses →
Anonymous. Names its own source only as 'the disciple whom Jesus loved'.
Paul's letters13 verses →
Named by the text and widely accepted — the clearest authorship in the Bible. Several letters bearing his name are disputed and are marked as such.
James1 verses →
Names its author only as James, a very common name. Which James is disputed.
1 Peter1 verses →
Names Peter. Its polished Greek has made that contested since antiquity.
Revelation1 verses →
Names its author as John. Which John has been disputed since the third century.
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View all filters →He who goes out weeping, carrying seed for sowing, will certainly come again with joy, carrying his sheaves.
A restoration song compares sorrowful labor with a hoped-for harvest.
But there is forgiveness with you, therefore you are feared.
A cry from the depths becomes a meditation on forgiveness and patient waiting.
I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word.
A cry from the depths becomes a meditation on forgiveness and patient waiting.
Israel, hope in Yahweh, for there is loving kindness with Yahweh. Abundant redemption is with him.
A cry from the depths becomes a meditation on forgiveness and patient waiting.
In the day that I called, you answered me. You encouraged me with strength in my soul.
Thanksgiving for answered prayer becomes confidence in continuing help through trouble.
Though I walk in the middle of trouble, you will revive me. You will stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies. Your right hand will save me.
Thanksgiving for answered prayer becomes confidence in continuing help through trouble.
Yahweh will fulfill that which concerns me. Your loving kindness, Yahweh, endures forever. Don’t forsake the works of your own hands.
Thanksgiving for answered prayer becomes confidence in continuing help through trouble.
Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me.
The psalm explores being deeply known in every place and invites guidance toward a lasting path.
For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
The psalm explores being deeply known in every place and invites guidance toward a lasting path.
Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.
The psalm explores being deeply known in every place and invites guidance toward a lasting path.
Yahweh upholds all who fall, and raises up all those who are bowed down.
The praise song describes patience, compassion, and support for those who are bowed down.