A Song of Degrees. This Psalm evidently appears to have been composed in consequence of the proclamation of Cyrus in favour of the Jews, giving them leave to return to their own land, and rebuild their city and temple.
Psalm 120:1 In my distress I cried to the LORD, and he heard me.
Psalm 121:1 I will lift up my eyes to the hills, from where comes my help.
Psalm 122:1 I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
Psalm 123:1 To you lift I up my eyes, O you that dwell in the heavens.
Psalm 124:1 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
Psalm 125:1 They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot …
turned again, etc. Heb. returned the returning of Zion
Psalm 53:6 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God brings …
Psalm 85:1 Lord, you have been favorable to your land: you have brought back …
Ezra 1:1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the …
Job 42:10 And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his …
Jeremiah 31:8-10 Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them …
Hosea 6:11 Also, O Judah, he has set an harvest for you, when I returned the …
Joel 3:1 For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring …
we were like
Job 9:16 If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe …
Mark 16:11 And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen …
Luke 24:11,41 And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not…
Acts 12:9,14-16 And he went out, and followed him; and knew not that it was true …
Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.
then was
Psalm 14:7 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD …
Psalm 53:6 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God brings …
Psalm 106:47,48 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to …
Ezra 3:11 And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks to …
Job 8:21 Till he fill your mouth with laughing, and your lips with rejoicing.
Isaiah 35:10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with …
Isaiah 49:9-13 That you may say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in …
Jeremiah 31:12,13 Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall …
Jeremiah 33:11 The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, …
Revelation 11:15-17 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying…
then said
Numbers 23:23 Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any …
Joshua 2:9-11 And she said to the men, I know that the LORD has given you the land, …
Joshua 9:9,10 And they said to him, From a very far country your servants are come …
Nehemiah 6:16 And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and …
Zechariah 8:22,23 Yes, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of …
Romans 11:15 For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, …
done great thing for them. Heb. magnified to do with them
The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.
Psalm 18:50 Great deliverance gives he to his king; and shows mercy to his anointed, …
Psalm 31:19 Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for them that fear you…
Psalm 66:5,6 Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward …
Psalm 68:7,8,22 O God, when you went forth before your people, when you did march …
Ezra 7:27,28 Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which has put such a thing …
Isaiah 11:11-16 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his …
Isaiah 12:4-6 And in that day shall you say, Praise the LORD, call on his name, …
Isaiah 51:9-11 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the …
Isaiah 52:9,10 Break forth into joy, sing together, you waste places of Jerusalem: …
Isaiah 66:14 And when you see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall …
Luke 1:46,49 And Mary said, My soul does magnify the Lord…
Ephesians 1:18-22 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know …
Revelation 12:10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, …
Revelation 19:1-7 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, …
Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
that sow
Psalm 137:1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yes, we wept, when we …
Isaiah 12:1-3 And in that day you shall say, O LORD, I will praise you: though …
Jeremiah 31:9-13 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them…
Joel 2:17,23 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch …
Matthew 5:4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
John 16:20-22 Truly, truly, I say to you, That you shall weep and lament, but the …
2 Corinthians 7:8-11 For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though …
joy. or, singing
He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
that goeth
Psalm 30:5 For his anger endures but a moment; in his favor is life: weeping …
Job 11:13-17 If you prepare your heart, and stretch out your hands toward him…
Isaiah 61:3 To appoint to them that mourn in Zion, to give to them beauty for …
Jeremiah 50:4,5 In those days, and in that time, said the LORD, the children of Israel …
Galatians 6:7,8 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatever a man sows, that …
precious seed. or, seed basket
shall doubtless
Isaiah 9:2,3 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they …
Luke 15:18-24 I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I …
Acts 16:29-34 Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and …
Revelation 7:15-17 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and …