Psalms 126:4 KJV

Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.

Matthew Henry

  • Those yet in captivity are encouragedThe beginnings of mercies encourage us to pray for the completion of them. And while we are in this world there will be matter for prayer, even when we are...

Parallel Passages

  • Isaiah 43:19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

  • Psalms 85:4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
  • Joshua 3:16 That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
  • Psalms 126:1 <A Song of degrees.> When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
  • Isaiah 35:6 Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
  • Isaiah 41:18 I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

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Bible Dictionary

  • LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • Turn again שׁוּבָה šûbâ שׁוּב Verb · qal imperative, second person masculine singular
  • our captivity אֶת ʾet Object marker שְׁבִיתֵנוּ šĕbîtēnû שְׁבוּת Noun · feminine singular construct · with suffix: first person common plural
  • O LORD יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
  • as the streams כַּאֲפִיקִים kaʾăpîqîm אָפִיק Noun · masculine plural · with preposition
  • in the south בַּנֶּגֶב bannegeb נֶגֶב Noun · masculine singular · with preposition with the

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