Israel’s drought will turn into abundance. Her labor of sowing will yield its harvest. ‘The field is the world’ (Mt 13:38), and the field ripens for a harvest of souls brought to eternal life (Jn 4:35ff; Mt 13:30). But tears accompany the sowing: ‘Unless the seed falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone’ (Jn 12:24ff). The seed is the Word—the Word made flesh and crucified. The tears are his; the joys are ours: ‘Yahweh has done great things for us!’ And yet, we also face our crucifixion. If we want to turn suffering into hope and tears into songs, we can pray with this psalm.