--- title: "Psalms 126 - Study King James Bible with ellicotts commentary for english readers" description: "Read Psalms 126 with ellicotts commentary for english readers commentary. 1 When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. 2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing:" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/ellicotts-commentary-for-english-readers/psalms/126" --- [ Read](/kjv/psalms/126)[ Commentary](/study/psalms/126)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/psalms/126) Audio 1 When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.* 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.* 3 The LORD hath done great things for us; *whereof* we are glad. 4 Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south. 5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.* 6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves *with him*.* [Psalms 125](/study/psalms/125) [Psalms 127](/study/psalms/127) ## Commentary To verse 1 (1) **When the Lord . . .**—Literally, *In turning by Jehovah the turning of Zion.*The phrase is not precisely the same as that in [Psalms 126:4](/kjv/psalms/126/4), which is usual, and offers no difficulty. Here the form of the noun “turning” presents some difficulty; but, after the analogy of a few other words, it can bear the concrete meaning “returned:” *when Jehovah brought back the returned of Zion.* **Like them that dream.**—The LXX. and Vulg. have “as if consoled.” The Hebrew word primarily means “to be fat,” or “fleshy,” and in [Isaiah 38:16](/kjv/isaiah/38/16) is rendered “recover”—a meaning that would give a good sense here, and which is adopted by the Chaldean paraphrases: “We were like unto such men who have recovered.” On the other hand, the usual rendering suggests that the news of the restoration appeared too good to be true. “Surely you are dreaming” is a common saying. An illustration has been aptly produced in Livy’s description of the feelings of the Greeks when they heard at the Isthmian games (B.C. 196), after the defeat of the Macedonians by T. Flaminius, the proclamation of the herald that they should, by the free gift of the Roman people, retain their liberty. “The joy was too great for men to take it all in. 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