Hosea 1:11; Isaiah 41:18; Joshua 3:16; Psalms 126:1; Psalms 85:4
Turn again our captivity, O Lord - literally, “Turn our captivity.” The word “again” is inserted by the translators, and conveys an idea which is...
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 rive...
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...
streams . torrents. Hebrew. 'aphikim. See 2 Samuel 22:16 . Supply the Ellipsis, "as the streams [are turned] in the Negeb". in the south . in...
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 r...
DISCOURSE: 719 DELIVERANCE FROM SPIRITUAL BONDAGE ACKNOWLEDGED Psalms 126:1-4 . When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like t...
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...
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...
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 o...
A song of those who have been redeemed (from exile), and a hopeful prayer for those who have not yet returned.
Turn again our captivity ] perhaps, 'bring back the exiles.' As the streams in the south ] i.e. like the hill streams in the arid S. land of Judah...
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...
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 re...
“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...
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 st...
This forms a very suitable prayer, after the experience of such unlooked for mercies. The streams in the south most probably refer to those subterran...
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 pe...
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...
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 stil...
Hope for the Sorrowful. 4 Turn again our captivity, O L ORD , as the...
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 Bab...
INTRODUCTION This Psalm was penned with reference to some great deliverance of the people of God out of bondage and distress, most likely their retu...
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...
Psalms 126:1 . When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. We could hardly believe it; we began to talk incoh...
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...
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 fac...
Turn again our captivity, O Lord. The thankful pray For they have proved the use of prayer. As prayer found cause for praise, gratitude sees re...
EXPOSITION This psalm seems to be a joint thanksgiving and complaint, composed soon after the return from the Captivity. It has been said to pre...
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 f...
Turn again our captivity, O Lord, giving them also an opportunity to return to the Land of Promise, as the streams in the south, as the dry waterco...
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 b...
4 Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.