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Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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To praise for God's favor to His people is added a prayer for its continued manifestation. (Psalms 126:1-6)

When the Lord, etc.—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; Psalms 14:7; Proverbs 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 (Deuteronomy 30:2-3).

Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Psalms 126:1:

Psalms 126:1-3
Luke 24:41

 

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