This psalm is entitled simply “A Song of Degrees.” See the
Introduction to Psalms 120:1. There can be no reasonable doubt as to
the occasion on which it was composed, for it bears internal evidence
of...
The restoration of Israel from exile in Babylon was a marvel so
astonishing that it could hardly be credited. It was the occasion for
the most joyous thanksgiving, and even the heathen recognised the...
CXXVI.
The two stanzas, marked so plainly by the changes of tense and tone,
of this exquisite little poem, though telling with the distinctness of
actual description the nature of the circumstances am...
INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 126
A SONG OF DEGREES. This psalm is generally thought to have been
written by Ezra, or some good man returned from the Babylonish
captivity, and on account of it: the inscripti...
_A.M. 3474. B.C. 530._
This Psalm is generally thought to have been composed by Ezra, at, or
soon after, the return of the Jews from the Babylonish captivity. Here
the children of Zion describe the j...