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All suffering people
Your tears will be forgotten
For what was sown in pain
Will be reaped in joy!

Returning from captivity
Became a true dream
Dream of liberation
As the exiles return
God bringing back the deported
Freed for Zion!

We were so happy
Our mouths were smiles
Our lips only songs!
We rejoiced with joy
The Lord did wonders
Nations proclaimed!

O Lord, Almighty God
Do not forget your people
Suffering in slavery
Deliver us from captivity
Like a January downpour
Flooding the backlands

Sowing in agony
Spreading every day
The seed of tomorrow
The harvest is a joy
Lots of singing and euphoria
It's abundance, it's Canaan