Introduction
A Song of degrees.
The outbursting of new joy, and the allusions and direct statement of Psalms 126:1, decide this psalm to be one of the first echoes responsive to the decree of Cyrus (Ezekiel 1:1-4) which awoke in the hearts of the exiles. It is a beautiful commemoration, not of that decree only, but of the faithfulness of God, and the hope of all his sorrowing ones in all ages, Psalms 126:5-6. It is a companion with Psalms 85:0, which seems to date a little later, and is to be contrasted with Psalms 79, 137. The psalm divides itself into two strophes: Psalms 126:1-3, a thankful acknowledgment of the great deliverance granted; Psalms 126:4-6, a prayer and hope that what is thus auspiciously begun may be brought forth to completion. See note on Psalms 126:4
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