Psalms 53:6
in Psalms 53Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When God restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!
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ASV
Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Then shall Jacob rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
KJV
Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
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This verse in Psalms 53
Commentary
4 notes on this verse"Who shall give from Zion?" Here he treats of the good. And first the question is proposed. Second, the answer. The question is this: Who, going forth from Zion, shall save Israel? Who? Christ, because "salvation is from the Jews": therefore from Zion, that is, …
This site's exposition
the salvation of Israel
The psalm ends on a cry for the salvation of Israel to come from Zion. Jacob and Israel are the two names of one man, given at Genesis 32:28, and the last line uses both. The rejoicing waits on God restoring His captive people.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
There will come a Saviour, a great salvation, a salvation from sin. Oh that it might be hastened! for it will bring in glorious and joyful times. There were those in the Old-Testament times that looked and hoped, that prayed and waited, for this redemption.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion. Would God the final battle were well over. When will the Lord avenge his own elect? When will the long oppression of the saints come to its close, and glory crown their heads? The word salvation is in the plural, to show its greatness. When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. Inasmuch as the yoke has been heavy, and the bondage cruel, the liberty will be happy, and the triumph joyous.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
Did not Should not those who devour My people like a meal of bread, and who did not call upon the Lord, know that ultimately they will experience there a great fear at the end of days?
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מִ֥י | mi | who? | H4310 → | 423 times |
| יִתֵּ֣ן | yiten | will he give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| מִצִּיּוֹן֮ | mitziyon | [will be] from Zion | H6726 → | 154 times |
| יְשֻׁע֪וֹת | yeshuot | [the] salvation<s> of | H3444 → | 78 times |
| יִשְׂרָ֫אֵ֥ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| בְּשׁ֣וּב | beshuv | when turns back | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| אֱ֭לֹהִים | ʾelohim | God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| שְׁב֣וּת | shevut | [the] captivity of | H7622 → | 32 times |
| עַמּ֑וֹ | amo | people his | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| יָגֵ֥ל | yagel | let it be glad | H1523 → | 45 times |
| יַ֝עֲקֹ֗ב | yaako | Jacob | H3290 → | 350 times |
| יִשְׂמַ֥ח | yismach | let it rejoice | H8055 → | 155 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
מִ֥יwho?
miH4310 →423 times
יִתֵּ֣ןwill he give
yitenH5414 →2011 times
מִצִּיּוֹן֮[will be] from Zion
mitziyonH6726 →154 times
יְשֻׁע֪וֹת[the] salvation<s> of
yeshuotH3444 →78 times
יִשְׂרָ֫אֵ֥לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
בְּשׁ֣וּבwhen turns back
beshuvH7725 →1056 times
אֱ֭לֹהִיםGod
ʾelohimH430 →2601 times
שְׁב֣וּת[the] captivity of
shevutH7622 →32 times
עַמּ֑וֹpeople his
amoH5971 →1873 times
יָגֵ֥לlet it be glad
yagelH1523 →45 times
יַ֝עֲקֹ֗בJacob
yaakoH3290 →350 times
יִשְׂמַ֥חlet it rejoice
yismachH8055 →155 times
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 30:18This is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will…
it leads to
- Haggai 2:7–9
I will shake all the nations, and they will come with all their treasures, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of Hosts.
- Psalms 102:13
You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor— the appointed time has come.
- Jeremiah 30:3
For behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will restore from captivity My people Israel and Judah, declares the LORD. I will restore them to the land that I gave to…
- Jeremiah 33:7
I will restore Judah and Israel from captivity and will rebuild them as in former times.
- Jeremiah 49:39
“Yet in the last days, I will restore Elam from captivity,” declares the LORD.
- Haggai 2:7–9
Through
Isaiah 12:6Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.”
it leads to
- Zechariah 2:10–11
“Shout for joy and be glad, O Daughter of Zion, for I am coming to dwell among you,” declares the LORD.
- Zechariah 2:5
For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”
- Zechariah 2:10–11
Through
Isaiah 14:32What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.”
it leads to
- Psalms 87:5
And it will be said of Zion: “This one and that one were born in her, and the Most High Himself will establish her.”
- Psalms 87:5
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Psalms; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 3; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Exposition on the Psalms of David.