Laboring on the good land, laboring in the morning,

Laboring through the noontime to the early eve,

Laboring for a harvest, reaping all the produce,

Coming to the meeting, bringing in the sheaves.

Reaping wheat and barley, death and resurrection,

Though the loss sustained our old man often grieves;

But in life abundant, life in resurrection,

Coming to the meeting, bringing in the sheaves.

Grain and wine and oil — bringing in the surplus

Of the wheat and barley, vine and olive trees:

Wine to cause rejoicing, oil to give anointing,

Bringing in the top tenth, bringing in the sheaves.