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Verse Psalms 126:4. _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 who _still remained_ in the provinces beyon...
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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 prayer...
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PSALM 120-134
The Psalms of Degrees
Fifteen brief Psalms follow, called songs of degrees, or, ascents.
They were in all probability used by Israel going up to Jerusalem
three times a year to celebrat...
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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 a picture of the joy felt when Cyrus perm...
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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 the
_'ap...
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DISCOURSE: 719
DELIVERANCE FROM SPIRITUAL BONDAGE ACKNOWLEDGED
Psalms 126:1. When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we
were like them that dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter,
an...
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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, as...
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PSALMS 126
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
The Invader Gone: the First Sowing Begun.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 126:1-3, The Deliverance of Zion calls forth the
Jubilations of her People, and the Frank Acknowled...
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126:4 south. (d-11) Heb. _ Negeb_ . see Note b, Joshua 10:40 ....
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A song of those who have been redeemed (from exile), and a hopeful
prayer for those who have not yet returned....
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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 (the Negeb), dry for a time in summer but becoming sudd...
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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, a...
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שׁוּבָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה אֶת־_שְׁבִיתֵ֑נוּ_†
כַּ אֲפִיקִ֥ים בַּ
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Psalms 126:1
As in Psalms 85:1, the poet's point of view here is in the midst of a
partial restoration of Israel. In Psalms 126:1 he rejoices over its
happy beginning, while in...
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“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, are re...
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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 t...
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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....
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As arrows, &c. The offspring which God shall give his servants, that
have been shaken and tossed about, (as the children of Israel were in
their captivity) shall be like arrows in the hand of the migh...
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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...
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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 this form o...
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Psalms 126. The heart of the godly now finds its center in Zion, when
deliverance has been learnt; for so it will be (compare Isaiah 29:4;
Isaiah 29:7). How low she was brought, according to...
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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, fo...
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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._ Mirac...
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_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
t...
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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....
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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
watercourses of the Plains of Judah were renewed with the op...
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4-6 The beginnings of mercies encourage us to pray for the completion
of them. And while we are in this world there will be matter for
prayer, even when we are most furnished with matter for praise....
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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
stre...
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Psalms 126:4 back H7725 (H8798) captivity H7622 (H8675) H7622 LORD
H3068 streams H650 South H5045
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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 incoherently, as men do
in their sleep. We were so carried...
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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
P...
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CONTENTS: Thanksfulness for deliverance from captivity.
CHARACTERS: God, Zion.
CONCLUSION: The long want of mercies greatly sweetens them when they
are returned to us. When God appears for His peopl...
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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 were...
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_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 reason for renewed supplication. “The Lord
turned Himsel...
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_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
fac...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 126:1. This is a community lament that
recalls a previous time of God’s mercy on his people (v. Psalms
126:1) and asks him to show that m
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 126:4 RESTORE OUR FORTUNES, O LORD asks God to
show mercy now as he has in the past. The images that follow (STREAMS
IN THE NEGEB; seed f
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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 beauti...
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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 porti...
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When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion (Psalms 126:1),
Or when the Lord actually freed Zion from her captivity,
we were like those who dream (Psalms 126:1).
How many times when we see the...
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Hosea 1:11; Isaiah 41:18; Joshua 3:16; Psalms 126:1; Psalms 85:4...
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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 Canaan
w...