His blood can make the foulest clean, The pilgrims went from blessing to blessing in their psalmody as they proceeded on their holy way. Here the form of the noun “turning” presents some difficulty; but, after the analogy of a few other words, it can bear the concrete meaning “returned:” when Jehovah brought back the returned of Zion. The psalmist says it was like a dream, too good to be true. 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. Or "for" Solomon. The captives in that passage were primarily those whom the Devil had made "captive" to do his will. like the streams in the Negev.”. You see it all the time: Bill and Melinda Gates donate a billion dollars to fight AIDS in Africa, and the whole world sits up and takes notice. BibliographyBeza, Theodore. I’m sure you must get tired of me saying this, but this is why I think it’s so important to be up front about our sinful nature and not to be ashamed to sing with Isaac Watts, “Alas, and did my Savior bleed, He was set up from everlasting. 126:1; a prayer for YHWH to do it again, Ps. "Commentary on Psalms 126:1". (Calmet) --- It seems to refer to the times of the Messias. 2. BibliographyTrapp, John. 1.When Jehovah brought back the captivity of Zion, etc. Israel, returned from Babylon, and suffering through the Samaritan foes, is hereby comforted. “Yahweh has done great things for them.”. "Scofield Reference Notes on Psalms 126:1". 1765. The occasion for the psalm is likewise impossible to identify with any certainty. He who goes out weeping, carrying seed for sowing, Verse 1: This verse fits the Sennacherib story better than the Cyrus story. 1905. like the streams in the Negev. "[1] That rendition is, "When the Lord turned the captivity of Sion, we became as comforted ones. There is nothing in the psalm that can be applied exclusively to the return of Israel from the captivity; but, at the same time, there is nothing to exclude that example of God's restoring the fortunes of Israel. How signally has this prayer been thus far answered! “When Yahweh brought back those who returned to Zion, https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/mpc/psalms-126.html. The psalm goes on to say. It is thought that it was written just at the occurrence of the restoration, before it was fully completed. 1865-1868. Turned again the captivity of Zion, i.e. BibliographyScofield, C. I. When the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream. Revocatur praeco, cum unusquisque non audire, sed videre libertatis suae nuncium averit, iterum pronunciaret eadem. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/wen/psalms-126.html. Arab. lib. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/bul/psalms-126.html. Check out these helpful resources After two or three generations (some 70 years) of captivity in Babylon, they are suddenly on the way back to Jerusalem, just as God had promised. He sets the prisoner free; "Commentary on Psalms 126:1". Go to. "Commentary on Psalms 126:1". Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible. Psalm 126 is known in scholarship as a “Song of Ascent” (shir ha-ma’alot in Hebrew) – chanted by happy pilgrims on their way up to the mountain-city of Jerusalem. From Babylon; and therefore that which some translations have in the title, A psalm of David (which is not in the Hebrew) would be left out; for it seemeth to have been penned by Ezra, or some prophet of his time. To put it this way, you know when go into a travel agency and see all the posters of beautiful and exotic places to visit? Never before, in the whole history of the human race, had there ever been anything like this; and, we might add, there's never been anything like it since then! Copyright StatementThese files are public domain.Text Courtesy of BibleSupport.com. Psalm 126:1-6 A Song of the Ascents. They gazed on each other, wondering as if it had been some illusion, similar to a dream; and although all were interested in what was spoken, none could trust his own ears, but inquired each from him who stood next to him what it was that was proclaimed. There are psalms of praise, thanksgiving, lament and trust. Why do the Christian powers of Europe stand by, and see the ark of their God in captivity; the holy name by which they are called despised and execrated; the vilest indignities offered to those who are called Christians, by barbarians the most cruel, ferocious, and abominable that ever disgraced the name of man? The inmate was sitting on his bunk with his head in his hands, as if lamenting his crime. 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