“ Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south. ”
Turn again our captivity, O Lord - literally, “Turn our captivity.” The word “again” is inserted by the translators, and conveys an idea which is not necessarily in the original. It is simply a p...
Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the (d) streams in the south. (d) It is no more impossible for God to deliver his people than to cause the rivers to run in the wilderness and barren places.
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...
streams . torrents. Hebrew. 'aphikim. See 2 Samuel 22:16 . Supply the Ellipsis, "as the streams [are turned] in the Negeb". in the south . in the Negeb, where, in the hill-country of Judaea t...
4. O Jehovah! bring back our captivity. The second part of the Psalm, as I have said, contains a prayer that God would gather together the residue of the captives. The Holy Spirit endited th...
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...
Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south. Turn again our captivity - This is either a recital of the prayer they had used before their deliverance; or it is a prayer for those wh...
Turn again our captivity, O Lord— This prayer seems to be, "We beseech thee to perfect this good work which thou hast begun, and turn our captivity, that we may refresh and cultivate thy holy land,...
Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south. Turn again our captivity, O Lord, as the streams in the south. The prayer is offered in this verse. The hope based on it is expr...
A song of those who have been redeemed (from exile), and a hopeful prayer for those who have not yet returned.
Captivity. — Here there is a change. The joy of the great Return was too great not to last on through many vicissitudes. But the poet now thinks of the many exiles still dispersed among the nations...
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...
This forms a very suitable prayer, after the experience of such unlooked for mercies. The streams in the south most probably refer to those subterraneous waters that empty themselves, and are seen no...
Turn again our captivity, O Lord ,.... This prayer for the return of the captivity shows that it was not as yet: though some think that this is a petition of those that were returned from captivity,...
Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south. Ver. 4. Turn again our captivity, O Lord ] Perfect what thou hast so happily begun for us. As the streams in the south ] i.e. Mi...
Turn again our captivity, O Lord Perfect what thou hast begun, and as thou hast brought us home, bring home also the rest of our brethren, who still remain captives in Babylon, or are dispersed in...
Hope for the Sorrowful. 4 Turn again our captivity, O L ORD , as the streams in the south. 5 They that sow in tears s...
Turn again our captivity; as thou hast brought us home, bring home also the rest of our brethren, who, are dispersed and yet remain captives in Babylon, or in any other parts oft he world. As the s...
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.
Hosea 1:11 ; Isaiah 41:18 ; Joshua 3:16 ; Psalms 126:1 ; Psalms 85:4
Turn — As thou hast brought us home, bring also the rest of our brethren. As — As thou art pleased sometimes to send floods of water into dry and barren grounds, such as the southern parts of Canaa...