Psalm 126:4-6

4 Restore our fortunes,^[a]LORD, like streams in the Negev.

5 Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy.

6 Those who go out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with them.

Psalm 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.

Cross References

• 1. S Deuteronomy 30:3
• 2. S Psalms 107:35; Isaiah 35:6; Isaiah 43:19; Isaiah 51:3
• 3. Psalms 6:6; Psalms 80:5; Jeremiah 50:4
• 4. Galatians 6:9
• 5. Psalms 16:11; Psalms 20:5; Psalms 23:6; Isaiah 35:10; Isaiah 51:11; Isaiah 60:15; Isaiah 61:7; Jer 31:6-7,12
• 6. S Numbers 25:6; S Psalms 30:5

Footnotes

• [a] Or "Bring back our captives"