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1A Song of degrees. When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.
For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither. …
To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.
A Song of degrees. In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-3)While the people of Israel were captives in Babylon their harps were hung upon the willow-trees, for then God called to weeping and mourning, then he mourned unto them and they lamented; but now that their captivity is turned they resume their harps; Providence pipes to them, and they dance. Thus must we accommodate ourselves to all the dispensations of Providence and be suitably affected with the…
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