Psalm 126:1-3

Thanksgiving for Return from Captivity.

1 When the LORD ¹brought back the captive ones of Zion, We were ²like those who dream.

2 Then our ³mouth was filled with laughter And our ⁴tongue with joyful shouting; Then they said among the nations, "The LORD has ⁵done great things for them."

3 The LORD has done great things for us; We are ⁶glad.

Psalm 126:1-3 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.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 85:1; Jeremiah 29:14; Hosea 6:11
• 2. Acts 12:9
• 3. Job 8:21
• 4. Psalms 51:14; Isaiah 35:6
• 5. 1 Samuel 12:24; Psalms 71:19; Luke 1:49
• 6. Isaiah 25:9; Zephaniah 3:14

Footnotes

• [a] Or "those who returned to"