Tree of Life Version
Psalms 126:1
1A Song of Ascents. When Adonai restored the captives of Zion, it was as if we were dreaming.
Psalms 126:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
- New International Version (NIV)When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dreamed.
- English Standard Version (ESV)When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When the Lord brought back the captivity of Zion, We were like those who dream.
Context of Psalms 126:1
A Song of Ascents. When Adonai restored the captives of Zion, it was as if we were dreaming. 2Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with a song of joy. Then they said among the nations, “Adonai has done great things for them.” 3Adonai has done great things for us —we are joyful!
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בְּשׁ֣וּב יְ֭הוָה אֶת־שִׁיבַ֣ת צִיּ֑וֹן הָ֝יִ֗ינוּ כְּחֹלְמִֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 126:1
- Psalms 120:1A Song of Ascents. In my trouble I cried out to Adonai, and He answered me.
- Psalms 121:1A Song of Ascents. I will lift up my eyes to the mountains— from where does my help come?
- Psalms 122:1A Song of Ascents. Of David. I rejoiced when they said to me, “Let us go to the House of Adonai.”
- Psalms 123:1A Song of Ascents. To You I lift up my eyes— You enthroned in the heavens.
- Psalms 124:1A Song of Ascents. Of David. “Had Adonai not been on our side” —let Israel now say—
- Psalms 125:1A Song of Ascents. Those who trust in Adonai are like Mount Zion— it cannot be moved, but endures forever.
- Psalms 53:6There they are in great dread— where there is nothing to fear. For God has scattered the bones of those besieging you. You have put them to shame, for God has rejected them.
- Psalms 85:1For the music director, a psalm of the sons of Korah.
- Ezra 1:1Now in the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, in order to accomplish the word of Adonai from the mouth of Jeremiah, Adonai stirred up the spirit of King Cyrus of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his entire kingdom, announcing in a written edict, saying:
- Job 42:10So Adonai restored what Job had lost, after he prayed for his friends and Adonai doubled everything that Job had before.
- Jeremiah 31:8With weeping and supplications they will come. I will bring them, leading them to walk by streams of water on a straight path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”
- Hosea 6:11Also, Judah, there is a harvest for you, when I return My people from captivity.”
- Joel 3:1“So it will be afterward, I will pour out My Ruach on all flesh: your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.
- Job 9:16Even if I called and He answered me, I would not believe that He would listen to my voice.
- Mark 16:11When they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they refused to believe.
- Luke 24:11But these words appeared to them as nonsense, and they would not believe them.
Commentaries on Psalms 126:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1When the Lord turned again the captivity - When Cyrus published his decree in favor of the Jews, giving them liberty to return to their own land, and rebuild their city and temple. We were like them that dream - The news was so unexpected that we doubted for a time the truth of it. We believed it was too good news to be true, and thought ourselves in a dream or illusion. When the Romans had vanquished Philip, king of Macedon, they restored liberty to the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion - Margin, as in Hebrew, “returned the returning of Zion.” The Hebrew word which is rendered in the text captivity means properly return; and then, those returning. The ancient versions render it captivity. The reference clearly is to those who were returning to Zion, and the psalmist fixes his eye on them as returning, and immediately says that it was the Lord who had thus restored them. The whole was to be…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Those returned out of captivity are to be thankful. (1-3) Those yet in captivity are encouraged. (4-6) Verses 1-3 It is good to observe how God's deliverances of the church are for us, that we may rejoice in them. And how ought redemption from the wrath to come, from the power of sin and of Satan, to be valued! The sinner convinced of his guilt and danger, when by looking to a crucified Saviour he receives peace to his conscience, and power to break off…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-3The Lord brought about Israel’s restoration from exile, just as he had brought Israel out of Egypt (Psalm 114:1). The restoration transformed the weeping of the Lord’s people into laughter and showed the Lord’s character to the nations (Psalm 9:11; 64:9; Isaiah 12:4).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-61-3. When the Lord, &c.--The joy of those returned from Babylon was ecstatic, and elicited the admiration even of the heathen, as illustrating God's great power and goodness. turned again the captivity--that is, restored from it (Job 39:12; Psa 14:7; Pr 12:14). Hengstenberg translates: "When the Lord turned Himself to the turning of Zion" (see Margin), God returns to His people when they return to Him (De 30:2, 3).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 126
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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