RRB notes: Psalm 126

Psalms 126 KJV

A Song of degrees.

1. When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, [a] we were like them that dream.

[a] Amos 9:14; see note on Job 42:10.

2. 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. [b]

[b] Second Advent (Deut. 32:43).

3. The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.

4. Turn again our captivity, [c] O LORD, as the streams in the south.

[c] Vs. 1.

5. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. [d]

[d] Eccl. 11:4-6; 1 Cor. 3:7-8; Mark 4:14-20.

6. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

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Note on Job 42:10 KJV

And the LORD turned the captivity [3] of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

[3] Verses 9-13 are a type of the permanent restoration of Israel. In verse 9, God accepts Job’s prayers for his buddies just as God accepts the Gentiles through the Jews in the Millennium (Isa. 2:2-3; Zech. 8:23; App. 110). The expression found here in verse 10, “turned the captivity,” is found throughout the Old Testament, in its various forms, in reference to the restoration of Israel (Jer. 31:23, 33:7, 26; Psa. 126:1, 4, 53:6, 85:1; Deut. 30:3; etc.). And in Ezekiel 36:10-12, God multiplies the people, property, and wealth of Israel in the Millennium, just as the Lord multiplied Job’s children and wealth in verses 10-13. Of course the commentators and Bible revisers reject the interpretation of the passage as given by the Holy Spirit in Psalm 14:7.

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