Psalms 126:1 «A Song of degrees. » When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. Ver. 1. _When the Lord turned again_] viz. From Babylon; and therefore that which some translations have in the title, A psalm of David (which is not in the Hebrew) would be left out;... [ Continue Reading ]
Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them. Ver. 2. _Then was our mouth filled with laughter_] We laughed amain, and shrilled or shouted aloud, when we found that it was υπαρ non οναρ, as Plato spe... [ Continue Reading ]
The LORD hath done great things for us; [whereof] we are glad. Ver. 3. _The Lord hath done great things_] _q.d._ It is a shame, then, for us not to say so, much more; and, by a holy avarice, to take the praises out of their mouths, who are no sharers in it, but spectators only. Let the redeemed of... [ Continue Reading ]
Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south. Ver. 4. _Turn again our captivity, O Lord_] Perfect what thou hast so happily begun for us. _ As the streams in the south_] _i.e._ Miraculously, say some, as if thou shouldest cause rivers to run in dry and desert places; or comfortabl... [ Continue Reading ]
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. Ver. 5. _They that sow in tears_] Whether ministers (as some restrain the sense), who serve the Lord with many tears and temptations, Acts 20:19, but see little fruit; or others, who sow in the tears of affliction and compunction for sin, the cause thereof;... [ Continue Reading ]
_He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves [with him]._ Ver. 6. _He that goeth forth and weepeth_] Heb. he that going goeth, &c., which Luther interprets of temptations continued, and mutually succeeding one another; taki... [ Continue Reading ]