Psalms 126:4
Turn our captivity, O Jehovah, as the streams in the south.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.
In Context
3Jehovah hath done great things for us; [and] we are joyful.
5They that sow in tears shall reap with rejoicing:
Cross References
Psalms 85:4Bring us back, O God of our salvation, and cause thine indignation toward us to cease.
Isaiah 35:6then shall the lame [man] leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and torrents in the desert.
Isaiah 43:19behold, I do a new thing; now it shall spring forth: shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, rivers in the waste.
Jeremiah 30:3For behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, when I will turn the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith Jehovah; and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall 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 →