Psalms 126:1
When LORD brought back those who returned to Zion, we were like those who dream.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 30:3that then LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the peoples where LORD thy God has scattered thee.
Ezra 1:11All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these Sheshbazzar brought up when those of the captivity were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.
Job 42:10And LORD turned [back] the captivity of Job when he prayed for his friends. And LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
Psalms 53:6O that the salvation of Israel came out of Zion! When God brings back the captivity of his people, then Jacob shall rejoice, [and] Israel shall be glad.
Psalms 85:2Thou have forgiven the iniquity of thy people. Thou have covered all their sin. Selah.
Psalms 121:1I will lift up my eyes to the mountains. From where shall my help come?
Matthew Henry on Psalms 126:1
It was with reference to some great and surprising deliverance of the people of God out of bondage and distress that this psalm was penned, most likely their return out of Babylon in Ezra's time. Though Babylon be not mentioned here (as it is, Ps. cxxxvii. ) yet their captivity there was the most remarkable captivity both in itself and as their return out of it was typical of our redemption by Christ. Probably this psalm was penned by Ezra, or some of the prophets that came up with the first. We read of singers of… Read the whole commentary →