turned again: etc. Heb. returned the returning of Zion, Psalms 53:6, Psalms 85:1; Ezra 1:1-11; Job 42:10; Jeremiah 31:8-10; Hosea 6:11; Joel 3:1
we were like: Job 9:16; Mark 16:11; Luke 24:11, Luke 24:41; Acts 12:9, Acts 12:14-16
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Psalms 126:1
Psalms 126:1
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Psalms 126 — OverviewPsalms 126 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIt was with reference to some great and surprising deliverance of the
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most likely their return out of Babylon in Ezra's time. Though Babylon…Psalms 126 — OverviewPsalms 126 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgePsalms 126:1, The church, celebrating her incredible return out of captivity, Psalms 126:4, prays for, and prophesies the good success thereof. This Psalm evidently appears to have been composed in consequence of the…Psalms 126 — OverviewPsalms 126 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleSong of degrees. This psalm is generally thought to have been written by Ezra, or some good man returned from the Babylonish captivity, and on account of it: the inscription in the Syriac version of it, besides…Psalms 126:1-3Psalms 126:1-3 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWhile 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 that
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