Psalms 126:1
They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Sion: he shall not be moved for ever that dwelleth
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 30:3The Lord thy God will bring back again thy captivity, and will have mercy on thee, and gather thee again out of all the nations, into which he scattered thee before.
Ezra 1:11All the vessels of gold and silver, five thousand four hundred: all these Sassabasar brought with them that came up from the captivity of Babylon to Jerusalem.
Job 42:10The Lord also was turned at the penance of Job, when he prayed for his friends. And the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.
Psalms 53:6They have not called upon God: there have they trembled for fear, where there was no fear. For God hath scattered the bones of them that please men: they have been confounded, because God hath despised them.
Psalms 85:2Lord, thou hast blessed thy land: thou hast turned away the captivity of Jacob.
Psalms 121:1In my trouble I cried to the Lord: and he heard me.
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 →