Psalm 126:2

Verse 2. Then said they among the heathen. And what is it they said? It is to the purpose. In this (as in many others) the heathens' saying cannot be mended. This they say:

And it is pity the "heathen" said it, and that the Jew's themselves spake not these words first. But now, finding the "heathen" so saying; and finding it was all true that they said, they must needs find themselves bound to say at least as much; and more they could not say; for more cannot be said. So much then, and no less than they. And this addeth a degree to the dicebant, -- that the sound of it was so great among the heathen that it made an echo even in Jewry itself. -- Lancelot Andrews.

Verse 2. The Lord hath done great things. He multiplied to do great things; so the Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic versions render it; and the history of this deliverance makes it good. --Thomas Hodges, in a Sermon entitled "Sion's Hallelujah", 1660.

Verse 2-3. There is this great difference between the praise which the heathen are forced to give to God, and that which the Lord's people heartily offer unto him: the one doth speak as having no interest nor share in the mercy; the other do speak as they to whom the mercy is intended, and wherein they have their portion with others: He hath done great things for them, say the heathen: but, he hath done great things for us, say the Lord's people. --David Dickson, 1583-1662.

HINTS FOR PASTORS AND LAYPERSONS

Verse 2. Saintly laughter. What creates it, and how it is justified.

Verse 2. Recipe for holy laughter. --

Verse 2-3.

Verse 2-3.