“ The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad. ”
The Lord hath done great things for us - All that the people around us say is true. We see it; we feel it; we acknowledge it. Those to whom this pertained would see it more clearly than those who...
CXXVI. Comfort in Tears. An apparently easy and really very difficult Ps. According to the usual interpretation which is adopted in RV we have in Psalms 126:1-3 a picture of the joy felt when Cyr...
DISCOURSE: 719 DELIVERANCE FROM SPIRITUAL BONDAGE ACKNOWLEDGED Psalms 126:1-4 . When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. Then was our mouth filled with lau...
The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad. The Lord hath done great things for us - We acknowledge the hand of our God. Deus nobis haec otia fecit, "God alone has given us this en...
The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad. The Lord hath dons great things for us; (whereof) we are glad. And certainly what they say is true: we acknowledge and are glad of...
A song of those who have been redeemed (from exile), and a hopeful prayer for those who have not yet returned.
Psalms 126:1-6 As in Psalms 85:1-13 , the poet's point of view here is in the midst of a partial restoration of Israel. In Psalms 126:1-3 he rejoices over its happy beginning, while in Psalms...
“The Lord Hath Done Great Things for Us” Psalms 126:1-6 ; Psalms 127:1-5 The circumstances under which this psalm was written are evident upon its face. The exiles, lately back from Babylon, a...
The general movement of these songs of Ascents is preserved in this case by the marginal reading of the first verse, better than by the text as it stands in the R.V. “When Jehovah brought back those...
But as soon as the awakened, liberated sinner is made sensible of the reality, how will praises burst forth from his joyful heart! The carnal world who look on, know not what to make of it, what to t...
The Lord hath done great things for us ,.... These words are generally supposed to be the words of the Jews, taking up those of the Gentiles, and confirming them; acknowledging that the Lord had don...
The LORD hath done great things for us; [whereof] we are glad. Ver. 3. The Lord hath done great things ] q.d. It is a shame, then, for us not to say so, much more; and, by a holy avarice, to tak...
The Lord hath done great things for us And we should be very ungrateful if we did not thankfully acknowledge it, and praise him for the singular benefits, which excite even the wonder of strangers;...
The Deliverance from Captivity. A song of degrees. 1 When the L ORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were lik...
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INTRODUCTION This Psalm was penned with reference to some great deliverance of the people of God out of bondage and distress, most likely their return out of Babylon in Ezra’s time. It is very beaut...
This is one of the «Songs of Degrees.» They are supposed to have been sung as the pilgrim caravan was going up to the temple at Jerusalem. Every time they halted and pitched their tents, they sang a...
Psalms 126:4 . The streams in the south, which water the dry lands by periodical rains and melted snows, and so make them to bring forth the most abundant harvests. REFLECTIONS. When the Jews...
When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion. A political fact that is emblematic, and a human experience that is common I. A political fact, emblematic of moral restoration. The political...
EXPOSITION This psalm seems to be a joint thanksgiving and complaint, composed soon after the return from the Captivity. It has been said to present an "enigmatical contrast" (Cheyne) in its two...
Sowing in Tears, Reaping in Joy. A song of degrees, admonishing the believers to praise the Lord for the many evidences of His favor and to pray for its continued manifestation.
Ephesians 1:18-22 ; Ezra 7:27 ; Ezra 7:28 ; Isaiah 11:11-16 ; Isaiah 12:4-6 ; Isaiah 51:9-11 ; Isaiah 52:10 ; Isaiah 52:9 ; Isaiah 66:14 ; Luke 1:46 ; Luke 1:49 ; Psalms 18:50 ; Psalms 3...