{"id":8511,"date":"2023-09-27T10:22:30","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T16:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=8511"},"modified":"2023-09-27T10:23:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T16:23:04","slug":"psalm-126","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=8511","title":{"rendered":"Psalm 126"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Song of Ascents.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

126\u00a0<\/span>When the Lord<\/span> brought back the captivity of Zion,<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\nWe were like those who dream.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

2 <\/sup>Then our mouth was filled with laughter,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd our tongue with singing.<\/span><\/em>
\nThen they said among the nations,<\/span><\/em>
\n\u201cThe Lord<\/span> has done great things for them.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

3 <\/sup>The Lord<\/span> has done great things for us,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd we are glad.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

4\u00a0<\/sup>Bring back our captivity, O Lord<\/span>,<\/span><\/em>
\nAs the streams in the South.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n
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5\u00a0<\/sup>Those who sow in tears<\/span><\/em>
\nShall reap in joy.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

6 <\/sup>He who continually goes forth weeping,<\/span><\/em>
\nBearing seed for sowing,<\/span><\/em>
\nShall doubtless come again with rejoicing,<\/span><\/em>
\nBringing his sheaves with him.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

The return of Israel from seventy years of captivity in Babylon is the background of this Psalm of thanksgiving. But it was not a complete return, for only a remnant returned to the land of their fathers … This Psalm has more than a historical value, because Zion’s restoration, and Israel’s redemption are in view when King Messiah appears the second time.\u00a0 … At the time of this writing, Israel is making great progress toward restoring the country and the city. Hence the fulfillment of this prophecy appears to be in the near future. … This Psalm finds application with the Jewish Remnant of faithful believers of the Tribulation period. \u2014 Phillips, pages 308-310.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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In [this psalm] Israel’s High Priest prays fro His people’s restoration to Divine relationships (v.4). He compares their present condition to pain-burdened husbandmen in the hot southern desert sowing their scanty store of seed in a time of famine. It is a day of trouble; and He animates His people’s faith by recalling the joy that their fore-fathers felt when delivered from the Assyrian. \u2014 Williams, page 402.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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The psalmist begins (vs.1-3) by joyful reflecting on the past event of God’s “restoring” the returning ones of Zion, referring to those deported by Nebuchadnezzar from the southern kingdom of Judah who, at the decree of Cyrus, returned after 70 years of exile to Jerusalem (see 2 Chronicles 36:22-23; Jeremiah 25:11; 29:10; Daniel 9:2). \u2014 Wechsler, page 302.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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In [v.4] the psalmist entreats God to restore (i.e., bring back) the exiled ones of Israel. … The reason for this entreaty becomes evident when one considers that much\u2014if not most\u2014of the Jewish population did not in fact return to the promised land, and to live outside of the land is, biblically-speaking, to be “in exile.” God, speaking through Jeremiah, points out that there is also a spiritual component to the exile, from which Israel will only be fully restored when they search for Him with all their heart (Jeremiah 29:13-14). An allusion to this final restoration is suggested by the image of “streams in the south (lit., “Negev”\u2014i.e., the dry southern region of Israel), referring … to permanently fruitful transformation of that land from the waters that emerge with the Messiah’s advent as the worldwide king (see Ezekiel 47:1-12). \u2014 Wechsler, page 303.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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In verses 5-6 the psalmist expands the allusion at the end of the previous section into a full-blown and emotionally-laden portrayal of final restoration\u2014specifically, the restoration of (1) the people of Israel, not only from their geographical exile from the promised land, but also from their more general “exile” from the pre-Fall ideal of perfection untinged by depravity or sorrow (so per. v.5, the phraseology of which hearkens to the similar portrayal of final\/messianic restoration in, for example, Isaiah 25:8-9; 35:10; 51:11; Revelation 21:4; cf. also Matthew 5:4<\/span><\/a>); and (2) the land (i.e., creation) itself, from its own “exile” and “enslavement to corruption” (Romans 8:21<\/span><\/a>) following the fall of man (so per v.6 to which compare the description of the land’s permanently restored fruitfulness, concurrent with Israel’s permanent return from exile, in Amos 9:13-15). \u2014 Wechsler, page 303.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Song of Ascents. 126\u00a0When the Lord brought back the captivity of Zion, We were like those who dream. 2 Then our mouth was filled with laughter, And our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, \u201cThe Lord … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-psalms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8511"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8514,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8511\/revisions\/8514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}