| Geneva Study Bible <> When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that {a} dream. (a) Their deliverance was incredible and therefore took away all excuse for ingratitude. Wesley's Notes 126:1 Turned - Brought the captive Israelites out of Babylon into their own land. Dream - We were so surprized and astonished. King James Translators' Notes turned...: Heb. returned the returning Scofield Reference Notes Margin A Song of degrees See title note; See Scofield Note: "Ps 120:1". Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary PSALM 126 Ps 126:1-6. To praise for God's favor to His people is added a prayer for its continued manifestation. 1-3. When the Lord, &c.-The joy of those returned from Babylon was ecstatic, and elicited the admiration even of the heathen, as illustrating God's great power and goodness. turned again the captivity-that is, restored from it (Job 39:12; Ps 14:7; Pr 12:14). Hengstenberg translates: "When the Lord turned Himself to the turning of Zion" (see Margin), God returns to His people when they return to Him (De 30:2, 3). Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 126:1-3 It is good to observe how God's deliverances of the church are for us, that we may rejoice in them. And how ought redemption from the wrath to come, from the power of sin and of Satan, to be valued! The sinner convinced of his guilt and danger, when by looking to a crucified Saviour he receives peace to his conscience, and power to break off his sins, often can scarcely believe that the prospect which opens to him is a reality. | 
