Psalms 126:4
Bring thou back, O Yahweh, our captives, like channels in the South.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.
In Context
3Yahweh, hath done great things with us, we are full of joy!
5They who are sowing with tears, with shouting, shall reap:
Cross References
Psalms 85:4Restore us, O God of our salvation, And take away thy vexation towards us.
Isaiah 35:6Then, shall leap as a hart the lame, Then shall shout the tongue of the dumb, For, there have broken forth—In the desert—waters, And streams, in the waste plain:
Isaiah 43:19Behold me! doing a new thing, Now, shall it spring forth, Will ye not take note thereof? Surely I will set In the desert, a way, In a desolate land, rivers:
Jeremiah 30:3For lo! days are coming, Declareth Yahweh, when I will turn the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, Saith Yahweh,—and will bring them back into the land which I gave to their fathers that they might 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 →