Psalms 126:4
Like arrows in the hand of the powerful, so are the sons of those who have been cast out.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.
In Context
3Behold, the inheritance of the Lord is sons, the reward is the fruit of the womb.
Cross References
Psalms 85:4Give joy to the soul of your servant, for I have lifted up my soul to you, Lord.
Isaiah 35:6Then the disabled will leap like a buck, and the tongue of the mute will be untied. For the waters have burst forth in the desert, and torrents in solitary places.
Isaiah 43:19Behold, I am accomplishing new things. And presently, they will spring forth. With certainty, you will know them. I will make a way in the desert, and rivers in an impassible place.
Jeremiah 30:3For behold, the days are approaching, says the Lord, when I will convert the turning away of my people, Israel and Judah, says the Lord. And I will return them to the land which I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it.”
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 →