Psalms 126:4
Turn again our captivity, O Jehovah, As the streams in the South.
ASV Byzantine Text
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, Whereof we are glad.
5They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
Cross References
Psalms 85:4Turn us, 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 shall sing; for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
Isaiah 43:19Behold, I will do a new thing; now shall it spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
Jeremiah 30:3For, lo, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will turn again 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 →