Jamieson, Fausset & Brown's Commentary
Commentary on Psalms 124
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown's verse-by-verse commentary on Psalms 124, from Commentary Critical and Explanatory. Read it alongside the full text of the chapter.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown's Commentary
To praise for God's favor to His people is added a prayer for its continued manifestation. (Psa 126:1-6)
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; Psa 14:7; Pro 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 (Deu 30:2-3).