Psalms 126:1

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When the LORD brought back the captives of Zion, we were like those who dream.

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  • Hos 6:11 : 11 Also for you, Judah, a harvest is appointed, when I restore the fortunes of My people.
  • Ps 85:1 : 1 For the choir director: A psalm of the sons of Korah.
  • Jer 31:8-9 : 8 Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth. Among them will be the blind and the lame, the pregnant woman and she who is giving birth—all together. They will return as a great company. 9 They will come with weeping, and with pleas for mercy, I will lead them. I will guide them to streams of water on a straight path where they will not stumble, for I have become a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn. 10 Hear the word of the LORD, you nations; declare it in the distant coastlands and say: He who scattered Israel will gather them and watch over them like a shepherd cares for his flock.
  • Ps 120:1 : 1 A song of ascents: I called to the LORD in my distress, and He answered me.
  • Joel 3:1 : 1 For behold, in those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem.
  • Acts 12:9 : 9 Peter followed him out, but he did not realize that what was happening through the angel was real; he thought he was seeing a vision.
  • Ps 121:1 : 1 A Song of Ascents. I lift up my eyes to the mountains—where does my help come from?
  • Ps 122:1 : 1 I was glad when they said to me, 'Let us go to the house of the LORD.'
  • Ps 123:1 : 1 A song of ascents: To You I lift up my eyes, O You who are enthroned in the heavens.
  • Ps 124:1 : 1 A song of ascents. If the Lord had not been on our side—let Israel now say—
  • Ps 125:1 : 1 A song of ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but remains forever.
  • Ps 53:6 : 6 There they were filled with dread where there was no reason to fear, for God scattered the bones of those who attacked you; you put them to shame, for God has rejected them.
  • Ezra 1:1-9 : 1 In the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia. He made a proclamation throughout his kingdom and put it in writing, saying: 2 This is what Cyrus, king of Persia, says: 'The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and He has appointed me to build Him a temple in Jerusalem, in Judah.' 3 Whoever among you belongs to His people, may their God be with them, and let them go up to Jerusalem, in Judah, and build the temple of the LORD, the God of Israel. He is the God who is in Jerusalem. 4 And let every survivor, wherever they may reside, be supported by the people of that place with silver, gold, goods, and livestock, along with their voluntary offerings for the house of God in Jerusalem. 5 Then the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, the priests, and the Levites—everyone whose spirit God had stirred—rose to go up and rebuild the house of the LORD in Jerusalem. 6 Their neighbors supported them with silver articles, gold, goods, livestock, and choice gifts, in addition to all the freewill offerings. 7 King Cyrus also brought out the articles belonging to the house of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from Jerusalem and had placed in the house of his gods. 8 Cyrus, king of Persia, brought them out under the oversight of Mithredath, the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. 9 This was their inventory: thirty gold basins, one thousand silver basins, twenty-nine knives, 10 Thirty gold bowls, four hundred and ten silver bowls of a second type, and one thousand other articles. 11 The total number of gold and silver articles was five thousand four hundred. All these Sheshbazzar brought up when the exiles were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.
  • Job 9:16 : 16 If I called and He answered me, I would not believe that He was listening to my voice.
  • Job 42:10 : 10 After Job prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before.
  • Acts 12:14-16 : 14 Recognizing Peter's voice, she was so overjoyed that she did not open the gate but ran inside to announce that Peter was standing at the gate. 15 They said to her, 'You are out of your mind.' But she kept insisting that it was so. Then they said, 'It must be his angel.' 16 Peter, however, kept knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were amazed.
  • Mark 16:11 : 11 But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe it.
  • Luke 24:11 : 11 But their words seemed like nonsense to them, and they did not believe the women.
  • Luke 24:41 : 41 And while they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he asked them, "Do you have anything here to eat?"

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 126:2-5
    4 verses
    83%

    2 Then our mouths were filled with laughter, and our tongues with joyful songs. Then it was said among the nations, 'The LORD has done great things for them.'

    3 The LORD has done great things for us; we are glad.

    4 Restore our fortunes, LORD, like streams in the Negev.

    5 Those who sow in tears shall reap with joyful shouting.

  • Ps 137:1-4
    4 verses
    78%

    1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down and wept when we remembered Zion.

    2 Upon the willows in its midst, we hung our harps.

    3 For there, our captors asked us for songs, and our tormentors asked for joy, saying, 'Sing us one of the songs of Zion!'

    4 How can we sing the LORD's song in a foreign land?

  • 7 Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When the LORD restores the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

  • 6 There they were filled with dread where there was no reason to fear, for God scattered the bones of those who attacked you; you put them to shame, for God has rejected them.

  • 1 For the choir director: A psalm of the sons of Korah.

  • Isa 52:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8 Listen! Your watchmen raise their voices; together they shout for joy. When the LORD returns to Zion, they will see it with their own eyes.

    9 Burst into songs of joy together, you ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem.

  • 10 The redeemed of the Lord will return and come to Zion with singing. Everlasting joy will crown their heads; they will obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.

  • Ps 122:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1 I was glad when they said to me, 'Let us go to the house of the LORD.'

    2 Our feet were standing within your gates, O Jerusalem.

  • 11 So the ransomed of the Lord will return, and they will come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Joy and gladness will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.

  • 1 For behold, in those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem.

  • 21 Restore us to yourself, LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old.

  • Ps 124:1-3
    3 verses
    70%

    1 A song of ascents. If the Lord had not been on our side—let Israel now say—

    2 if the Lord had not been on our side when people rose up against us,

    3 then they would have swallowed us alive in their burning anger against us.

  • 16 The nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth your glory.

  • Ps 80:18-19
    2 verses
    70%

    18 Let your hand rest on the man at your right hand, the son of man you have made strong for yourself.

    19 Then we will not turn away from you; revive us, and we will call on your name.

  • 7 You have made us a source of contention for our neighbors, and our enemies mock us.

  • 3 Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, awaken your might; come to save us!

  • 9 'Though we are slaves, our God has not abandoned us in our slavery. He has shown us kindness in the sight of the kings of Persia. He has granted us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, and He has given us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem.'

  • 10 The Lord has brought about our vindication. Come, let us declare in Zion the work of the Lord our God.

  • 20 At that time, I will bring you in; at the time I gather you. For I will make you a name and a praise among all the peoples of the earth, when I restore your fortunes before your very eyes, says the LORD.

  • 2 The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the exiles of Israel.

  • 3 For behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will restore the fortunes of My people Israel and Judah, says the LORD, and I will bring them back to the land that I gave to their ancestors, and they will possess it.

  • 11 Also for you, Judah, a harvest is appointed, when I restore the fortunes of My people.

  • 5 Let all who hate Zion be shamed and turned back.

  • 3 then the LORD your God will restore your fortunes and have compassion on you. He will gather you again from all the peoples where the LORD your God has scattered you.

  • 20 Like a dream when one awakes, so, Lord, when You arise, You will despise their image.

  • 18 This is what the LORD says: Behold, I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings; the city will be rebuilt on its ruins, and the palace will stand in its proper place.

  • 26 At this I awoke and looked around, and my sleep was pleasant to me.

  • 6 For there will be a day when the watchmen call out on the hills of Ephraim, saying: Arise, let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God.

  • 19 'Hear the word of the Lord, you women; let your ears receive the words of His mouth. Teach your daughters to wail and one another to mourn.'

  • Ps 124:5-7
    3 verses
    67%

    5 Then the raging waters would have passed over our soul.

    6 Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.

    7 We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we have escaped.

  • 23 This is the Lord's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.

  • 8 It will be as when a hungry man dreams he is eating, but he wakes and is still hungry; or as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, but he wakes and is still faint and craving. So it will be with all the hordes of nations that fight against Mount Zion.

  • 6 Will you be angry with us forever? Will you prolong your anger through all generations?

  • 23 This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Once again they will say this in the land of Judah and in its cities when I restore their fortunes: 'May the LORD bless you, O dwelling of righteousness, O holy mountain.'

  • 1 Remember, LORD, what has happened to us; look and see our disgrace.

  • 47 Save us, LORD our God, and gather us from among the nations, so that we may give thanks to Your holy name and glory in Your praise.

  • 1 For the director, according to 'The Lily of the Testimony,' a Miktam of David, for instruction.