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6Oh that{H8799)} the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back{H8800)} the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice{H8799)}, and Israel shall be glad{H8799)}.

Psalms 53:6

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  • Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

  • Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.

  • He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives. …

  • A Song of degrees. When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. …

  • Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-6)

This psalm was opened before, and therefore we shall here only observe, in short, some things concerning sin, in order to the increasing of our sorrow for it and hatred of it. 1. The fact of sin. Isa. that proved? Can the charge be made out? Yes, God is a witness to it, an unexceptionable witness: from the place of his holiness he looks on the children of men, and sees how little good there is amo…

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