Psalms 126:1 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 126:1

When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.

KJV

Parallel translations

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ASV

When Jehovah brought back those that returned to Zion, We were like unto them that dream.

WEB

When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.

YLT

A Song of the Ascents. In Jehovah's turning back to the captivity of Zion, We have been as dreamers.

DBT

When Jehovah turned the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.

About this book

Old Testament

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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Cross-references

49 verses on the floor

Hosea 6:11
Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.
Joel 3:1
For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
Psalms 127:1
Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Psalms 85:1
Lord, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.
Jeremiah 31:8–10
Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.

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Voices2

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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;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Now, whoever was the author of it, whether one of the Levites or one of the Prophets, he affirms that the manner of their deliverance was too wonderful to be attributed to fortune, in order to lead the faithful to the conclusion that the prophecy of Jeremiah, which had assigned seventy years as the term of the captivity, was truly fulfilled.

John Calvin· Commentaries, 1554reformed

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H6726154× in canon

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PSA 126:1JOE 3:1 EZE 39:25
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 126:1JOE 3:1 ZEP 3:19-20
PSA 126:1JOE 3:1 JER 30:3
PSA 126:1PSA 120:1 PSA 18:6
PSA 126:1JOE 3:1 AMO 9:14
PSA 126:1PSA 120:1 JON 2:2
PSA 126:1JOE 3:1 PSA 85:1
PSA 126:1PSA 120:1 PSA 118:5

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