Psalms 126:4
Turn again, O YHWH, [to] our captivity, || As streams in the south.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.
In Context
3YHWH did great things with us, || We have been joyful.
5Those sowing in tears, reap with singing,
Cross References
Psalms 85:4Turn back [to] us, O God of our salvation, || And make void Your anger with us.
Isaiah 35:6Then the lame leap as a deer, || And the tongue of the mute sings, || For waters have been broken up in a wilderness, || And streams in a desert.
Isaiah 43:19Behold, I am doing a new thing, now it springs up, || Do you not know it? Indeed, I put a way in a wilderness, || In a desolate place—floods.
Jeremiah 30:3For behold, days are coming—a declaration of YHWH—and I have turned back [to] the captivity of My people Israel and Judah, said YHWH, and I have caused them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they 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 →