Psalms 126:3

The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.

King James Version · Read in your translation · Open the Explore console

Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְ֭הוָה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
done	לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת la.'a.Sot	H6213	to do or make · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
things	הִגְדִּ֣יל hig.Dil	H1431	to be (causatively make) large (in various senses · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
glad	שְׂמֵחִֽים se.me.Chim	H8056	blithe or gleeful · adjective, masculine plural absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Luke 1:49 For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.
Isaiah 51:9-11 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Ra…
Isaiah 66:14 And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward h…
Isaiah 12:4-6 And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalte…
Psalms 66:5-6 Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.
Psalms 68:7-8 O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:
Revelation 12:10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for…
Revelation 19:1-7 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto t…

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 126:1-3

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 them. And the harps are never more melodiously tunable than after such a melancholy disuse. The long want of mercies greatly sweetens their return. Here is, 1. The deliverance God has wrought for them: He turned again the captivity of Zion. It is possible that Zion may be in captivity for the punishmen…

Read the whole note in the console

John Gill on Psalms 126:3

The Lord hath done great things for us,.... These words are generally supposed to be the words of the Jews, taking up those of the Gentiles, and confirming them; acknowledging that the Lord had done great things for them indeed; which, had they not owned, they would have been exceeding ungrateful; had they been silent concerning them, the stones would have cried out, and the very Heathens condemned them. But I see not why they may not be thought to be the words of those among the Heathens continued; declaring that the great things done were not for the Jews only, but for them also; as the great redemption by Christ is of persons out of every tongue, people, and nation; for he is the propitia…

Read the whole note in the console

John Calvin on Psalms 126:1-3

Psalm 126:1-3 1. When Jehovah brought back the captivity [85] of Zion, we were like those that dream. 2. Now shall our mouth be filled [86] with laughter, and our tongue with rejoicing: now shall they say [87] among the heathen, Jehovah hath done great things for them. 3. Jehovah hath done great things for us, whereof we have been made glad. 1. When Jehovah brought back the captivity of Zion, etc. It is unnatural and forced to suppose, with some expositors, that this is a prediction of what was to come. For my part I have no doubt that the Psalm was composed upon the return of the Jewish people from the Babylonish captivity; and for this reason I have translated the verb vsvv, beshub, in t…

The Church Fathers

"Yea, the Lord has done great things for us already, whereof we rejoice" [Psalm 126:3]. Consider, my brethren, if Sion does not at present say this among the heathen, throughout the whole world; consider if men are not running unto the Church. In the whole world our redemption is received; Amen is answered. The dwellers in Jerusalem, therefore, captive, destined to return, pilgrims, sighing for their country, speak thus among the heathen. What do they say? "The Lord has done great things for us, whereof we rejoice." Have they done anything for themselves? They have done ill with themselves, for they have sold themselves under sin. The Redeemer came, and did the good things for them.
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 126

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Harvest — The season for gathering grain or fruit. On the 16th day of Abib (or April) a handful of ripe ears of corn was offered as a first-fruit before the Lord, and immediately after this the harvest…

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 126:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 126:1-3

John Gill on Psalms 126:3

John Calvin on Psalms 126:1-3

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 126:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 126:1-3

John Gill on Psalms 126:3

John Calvin on Psalms 126:1-3

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 126:1-3

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 126:1-3

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 126:3