Psalms 126:1
When the Lord turned the fortunes of Zion, we were like dreamers.
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In The King James Version
When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
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Cross References
Psalms 53:6If only help from Zion would come for Israel! When God brings his people a change of fortune, how glad will be Jacob, and Israel how joyful!
Psalms 85:2forgiving the guilt of your people, pardoning all their sin, Selah
Psalms 121:1I lift up my eyes to the mountains. From where will help for me come?
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 →