They that sow in tears, almost with despair in their hearts, the allusion probably being to the tearful return of the exiles and to the rebuilding of the Temple amidst the tears of the people, shall reap in joy, the harvest bringing the Lord's rich blessings.
Verse Psalms 126:5. _THEY THAT SOW IN TEARS SHALL REAP IN JOY._] This is either a _maxim_ which they gather from their own history, or it is a _fact_ which they are now witnessing. We see the benefit...
THEY THAT SOW IN TEARS SHALL REAP IN JOY - Though the sowing of seed is a work of labor and sorrow - often a work so burdening the farmer that he weeps - yet the return - the harvest - is accompanied...
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...
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...
SOW IN TEARS. The reference is to the "sign" given in Isaiah 37:30. See App-67....
DISCOURSE: 720 SOWING IN TEARS Psalms 126:5. _They that sow in tears shall reap in joy._ THIS seems to be a general truth founded on the experience of those who returned from the Babylonish captivity...
DISCOURSE: 721 THE SPIRITUAL HARVEST Psalms 126:5. _They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringi...
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...
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...
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. THEY THAT SOW IN TEARS SHALL REAP IN JOY. The sowing answers, to the humble beginnings of the second temple, "the day of small things" (). The poor sower at...
A song of those who have been redeemed (from exile), and a hopeful prayer for those who have not yet returned....
JOY. — Rather, _singing,_ as in Psalms 126:2. The harvest-home songs are contrasted with the anxiety of the seed-time. Probably the poet found the proverbial saying already current, but he has touched...
הַ זֹּרְעִ֥ים בְּ דִמְעָ֗ה בְּ רִנָּ֥ה יִקְצֹ
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...
“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...
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...
Desire. Who has as many children as he could wish. Hebrew, "his quiver." They are like arrows for his defence. (Calmet) --- The Septuagint may have put the thing signified instead of the figure; or as...
These are sweet and general truths, which are not limited to the history of this event of the Church, but may be applied to the Church of God in all ages. Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall b...
5._They who sow in tears shall reap in joy. _This sentence_, _in my opinion, ought not less to be extended to the future than understood of the past. The carrying away of the Jews into Babylon was to...
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...
THEY THAT SOW IN TEARS SHALL REAP IN JOY. A proverbial expression, encouraging faith in prayer put up for the return of the captivity, whether in a literal or spiritual sense. Praying or seeking the L...
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. Ver. 5. _They that sow in tears_] Whether ministers (as some restrain the sense), who serve the Lord with many tears and temptations, Acts 20:19, but see lit...
_They that sow in tears shall reap in joy_ This seems to refer to the foregoing prayer; as if he had said, And this thou wilt do in thy good time: thou wilt give them, as thou hast given us, a joyful...
JOY: Or, singing...
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....
This is an argument wherewith he presseth the foregoing prayer, PSALMS 126:4, taken from the common course of God's providence towards men of all nations, to whom he affords vicissitudes of sorrow and...
Psalms 126:5 sow H2232 (H8802) tears H1832 reap H7114 (H8799) joy H7440 that sow - Psalms 13
Psalms 126:5 I. Notice the significance of the emblem here employed. Husbandry is the oldest, simplest, and most heaven-ordained labour of man. It keeps man in his place as a servant, and exercises pa...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
_They that sow in tears shall reap in joy._ SOWING AND REAPING Painful work often finds pleasant reward. The way through the Red Sea and the howling wilderness leads to a fair and fruitful land flow...
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
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
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...
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...
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...
2 Corinthians 7:8; Isaiah 12:1; Jeremiah 31:9; Joel 2:17; Joel 2:23