For his anger lasts only a moment,
but his favour lasts a lifetime;
weeping may stay for the night,
but rejoicing comes in the morning.
Those who sow with tears
will reap with songs of joy.
Those who go out weeping,
carrying seed to sow,
will return with songs of joy,
carrying sheaves with them.
In vain you rise early
and stay up late,
toiling for food to eat –
for he grants sleep to those he loves.
A cheerful heart is good medicine,
but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
A foolish son brings grief to his father
and bitterness to the mother who bore him.
and those the Lord has rescued will return.
They will enter Zion with singing;
everlasting joy will crown their heads.
Gladness and joy will overtake them,
and sorrow and sighing will flee away.
Blessed are those who mourn,
for they will be comforted.
Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
“He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death” or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.’