Psalms 126:4
Bring back, O LORD! our captivity, Like streams in the South!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.
In Context
3Yea, the LORD hath done great things for us, For which we are glad.
5They who sow in tears Shall reap in joy.
Cross References
Psalms 85:4Restore us, O God of our salvation! And let thine anger towards us cease!
Isaiah 35:6Then shall the lame leap like the hart, And the tongue of the dumb shall sing; For in the wilderness shall waters break forth, And streams in the desert.
Isaiah 43:19Behold, I do a new thing; Now shall it spring forth; yea, ye shall see it. Behold, I make a way in the wilderness, And streams in the desert;
Jeremiah 30:3For behold the days come, saith Jehovah, when I will bring back the captives of my people Israel and Judah, saith Jehovah, and cause them to return to the land which 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 →