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Psalms 126:1

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

KJV

Canticum graduum Salomonis. Nisi Dominus ædificaverit domum, in vanum laboraverunt qui ædificant eam. Nisi Dominus custodierit civitatem, frustra vigilat qui custodit eam.

Vulgate

ᾨδὴ τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν. Ἐὰν μὴ Κύριος οἰκοδομήσῃ οἶκον, εἰς μάτην ἐκοπίασαν οἱ οἰκοδομοῦντες αὐτόν· ἐὰν μὴ Κύριος φυλάξῃ πόλιν, εἰς μάτην ἠγρύπνησεν ὁ φυλάσσων.

LXX

When Jehovah brought back those that returned to Zion, We were like unto them that dream.

ASV

שִׁ֗יר הַֽ/מַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת בְּ/שׁ֣וּב יְ֭הוָה אֶת שִׁיבַ֣ת צִיּ֑וֹן הָ֝יִ֗ינוּ כְּ/חֹלְמִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
חָלָֽמְתִּי
chlmty
verb · 30×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
מַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת
m'lvt
noun · 50×
צִיּ֔וֹן
tsyvn
proper_noun · 147×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×
שִׁ֥יר
shyr
noun · 91×
שִׁיבַ֣ת
shybt
noun · 1×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. There are many things characteristic of Christianity: but more than all, and better than all, Love towards one another, and Peace. Therefore Christ also says, My peace I give unto you. John 14:27 And again, By this shall all men know that you are My disciples, if you love one another. John 13:35 Therefore Paul too says, Follow peace with all men, and holiness, that is, purit…
1. Thanks for all things be given unto God the Omnipotent Ruler and King of the universe, and the greatest thanks to Jesus Christ the Saviour and Redeemer of our souls, through whom we pray that peace may be always preserved for us firm and undisturbed by external troubles and by troubles of the mind. 2. Since in accordance with your wishes, my most holy Paulinus, we have added…

Cross-references

  • Acts 12:9 — And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.
  • Acts 12:9 — And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.
  • Acts 12:14 — And when she knew Peter’s voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate.
  • Deut 30:3 — That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.
  • Eccl 3:4 — A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
  • Ezek 36:23 — And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be
  • Ezra 1:1 — Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamatio
  • Hos 6:11 — Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.
  • Hos 6:11 — Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.
  • Isa 14:7 — The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.
  • Isa 49:24 — Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?
  • Jer 29:14 — And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I wi
  • Jer 30:19 — And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
  • Jer 31:8 — 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:
  • Jer 33:7 — And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.
  • Jer 51:10 — The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God.
  • Job 9:16 — If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
  • Job 29:24 — If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
  • Job 42:10 — And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
  • Job 42:10 — And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
  • Joel 2:21 — Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things.
  • Joel 3:1 — For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
  • Luke 6:21 — Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
  • Luke 24:11 — And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
  • Luke 24:11 — And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
  • Luke 24:41 — And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?
  • Luke 24:41 — And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?
  • Ps 30:11 — Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
  • Ps 53:6 — Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
  • Ps 53:6 — Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
  • Ps 66:5 — Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.
  • Ps 85:1 — Lord, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.
  • Ps 85:1 — Lord, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.
  • Ps 120:1 — In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
  • Ps 120:1 — In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
  • Ps 121:1 — I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
  • Ps 122:1 — I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
  • Ps 122:1 — I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
  • Ps 123:1 — Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
  • Ps 123:1 — Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.