Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 126:4
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 expressed...
126:4 south. (d-11) Heb. _ Negeb_ . see Note b, Joshua 10:40 ....
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 (the Negeb), dry for a time in summer but becoming sudd...
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...
שׁוּבָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה אֶת־_שְׁבִיתֵ֑נוּ_† כַּ אֲפִיקִ֥ים בַּ
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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....
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...
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....
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...
Psalms 126:4 back H7725 (H8798) captivity H7622 (H8675) H7622 LORD H3068 streams H650 South H5045 T
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...
_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...
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...
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 Canaan w...