Psalms 126:4-6

4 Lord, make us prosperous again, just as the rain brings water back to dry riverbeds.

5 Let those who wept as they planted their crops, gather the harvest with joy!

6 Those who wept as they went out carrying the seed will come back singing for joy, as they bring in the harvest.

Psalms 126:4-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 126

\\<>\\. 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 observing it to be a song of degrees or ascents, and without a name, is, ``it is said of Haggai and Zechariah, who came up out of Babylon with the captives; but spiritually; and it is an expectation of good things to come.'' It may have respect to redemption by the Messiah; and the conversion of the Jews in the latter day.

Footnotes

• [a]. make us prosperous again; [or] take us back to our land.