Psalms 126:4
Let our fate be changed, O Lord, like the streams in the South.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.
In Context
3The Lord has done great things for us; because of which we are glad.
5Those who put in seed with weeping will get in the grain with cries of joy.
Cross References
Psalms 85:4\85:3\You were no longer angry: you were turned from the heat of your wrath.
Isaiah 35:6Then will the feeble-footed be jumping like a roe, and the voice which was stopped will be loud in song: for in the waste land streams will be bursting out, and waters in the dry places.
Isaiah 43:19See, I am doing a new thing; now it is starting; will you not take note of it? I will even make a way in the waste land, and rivers in the dry country.
Jeremiah 30:3For see, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will let the fate of my people Israel and Judah be changed, says the Lord: and I will make them come back to the land which I gave to their fathers, so that they may take it for their heritage.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 126:2-4
The Deliverance from Captivity. 1 When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. 2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them. 3 The Lord hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad. While the people of Israel were captives in Babylon their harps were hung upon the willow-trees, for then God called to weeping and mourning, then he mourned unto them and they lamented; but now… Read the whole commentary →