Psalms 126:2

Geneva Bible (1560)

Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with ioye: then sayd they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אָ֤ז יִמָּלֵ֪א שְׂח֡וֹק פִּינוּ֮ וּלְשׁוֹנֵ֢נוּ רִ֫נָּ֥ה אָ֭ז יֹאמְר֣וּ בַגּוֹיִ֑ם הִגְדִּ֥יל יְ֝הוָ֗ה לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת עִם־אֵֽלֶּה׃

Transliteration

ʾāz yimmālēʾ śǝḥôq pînû û-lǝšônēnû rinnāh ʾāz yōʾmǝrû in-the-gôyîm higdîl YHWH laʿăśôt with-ʾēlleh

Grammar Details

• *ʾāz*: adverb - then
• *yimmālēʾ*: niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will be filled
• *śǝḥôq*: noun, masculine singular - laughter
• *pînû*: noun with 1st person plural suffix - our mouth
• *û*-*lǝšônēnû*: conjunction + noun with 1st person plural suffix - and our tongue
• *rinnāh*: noun, feminine singular - joyful shouting/singing
• *yōʾmǝrû*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they will say
• *gôyîm*: masculine plural noun with prefix preposition bet - among the nations
• *higdîl*: hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - has done great things
• *YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
• *laʿăśôt*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to do
• *ʾēlleh*: demonstrative pronoun, plural - these

Word Meanings

• *śǝḥôq*: laughter/joy/mocking
• *rinnāh*: joyful shouting/singing/jubilation
• *higdîl*: magnified/done great things
• *gôyîm*: nations/gentiles/peoples

Referenced Verses

• Job 8:21 : 21 Till he haue filled thy mouth with laughter, and thy lippes with ioy.
• Ps 71:19 : 19 And thy righteousnes, O God, I wil exalt on high: for thou hast done great thinges: O God, who is like vnto thee!
• Ps 106:47-48 : 47 Saue vs, O Lorde our God, and gather vs from among the heathen, that we may praise thine holy Name, and glorie in thy praise. 48 Blessed be the Lorde God of Israel for euer and euer, and let all the people say, So be it. Praise yee the Lord.
• Isa 35:10 : 10 Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall returne and come to Zion with prayse: and euerlasting ioy shall bee vpon their heads: they shall obteine ioye and gladnesse, and sorow and mourning shall flee away.
• Jer 31:12-13 : 12 Therefore they shall come, and reioyce in the height of Zion, and shall runne to the bountifulnes of the Lord, euen for the wheat and for the wine, and for the oyle, and for the increase of sheepe, & bullocks: and their soule shalbe as a watered garden, and they shall haue no more sorow. 13 Then shall ye virgine reioyce in the dance, and the yong men and the old men together: for I wil turne their mourning into ioy, and wil comfort them, and giue them ioy for their sorowes.
• Jer 33:11 : 11 The voyce of ioy and the voyce of gladnes, the voyce of the bridegrome, and the voyce of the bride, the voyce of them that shall say, Prayse the Lord of hostes, because the Lord is good: for his mercy endureth for euer, and of them that offer the sacrifice of prayse in the House of the Lord, for I will cause to returne the captiuitie of the land, as at the first, sayth the Lord.
• Zech 8:22-23 : 22 Yea, great people and mightie nations shal come to seeke the Lorde of hostes in Ierusalem, and to pray before the Lord. 23 Thus sayth the Lord of hostes, In those dayes shall ten men take holde out of all languages of the nations, euen take holde of the skirt of him that is a Iewe, and say, We will go with you: for we haue heard that God is with you.
• Rom 11:15 : 15 For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiuing be, but life from the dead?
• Rev 11:15-17 : 15 And the seuenth Angell blewe the trumpet, and there were great voyces in heauen, saying, The kingdomes of this worlde are our Lordes, and his Christes, and he shall reigne for euermore. 16 Then the foure and twentie Elders, which sate before God on their seates, fell vpon their faces, and worshipped God, 17 Saying, We giue thee thankes, Lorde God almightie, Which art, and Which wast, and Which art to come: for thou hast receiued thy great might, and hast obteined thy kingdome.
• Ps 14:7 : 7 Oh giue saluation vnto Israel out of Zion: when the Lorde turneth the captiuitie of his people, then Iaakob shall reioyce, and Israel shall be glad.
• Ps 51:14 : 14 Deliuer me from blood, O God, which art the God of my saluation, and my tongue shall sing ioyfully of thy righteousnes.
• Ps 53:6 : 6 Oh giue saluation vnto Israel out of Zion: when God turneth the captiuitie of his people, then Iaakob shall reioyce, and Israel shalbe glad.
• Num 23:23 : 23 For there is no sorcerie in Iaakob, nor soothsaying in Israel: according to this time it shalbe sayde of Iaakob and of Israel, What hath God wrought?
• Josh 2:9-9 : 9 And saide vnto the men, I knowe that the Lord hath giuen you the land, and that the feare of you is fallen vpon vs, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you. 10 For we haue heard, howe the Lord dried vp the water of the redde Sea before you, when you came out of Egypt, and what you did vnto the two Kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Iorden, vnto Sihon and to Og, whom ye vtterly destroyed: 11 And when wee heard it, our heartes did faint, and there remained no more courage in any because of you: for the Lord your God, he is the God in heauen aboue, and in earth beneath.
• Josh 9:9-9 : 9 And they answered him, From a very farre countrey thy seruants are come for the Name of the Lorde thy God: for we haue heard his fame and all that he hath done in Egypt, 10 And all that he hath done to the two Kings of the Amorites that were beyonde Iorden, to Sihon King of Heshbon, & to Og King of Bashan, which were at Ashtaroth.
• Ezra 3:11 : 11 Thus they sang when they gaue prayse, and when they gaue thankes vnto the Lorde, For he is good, for his mercie endureth for euer toward Israel; all the people shouted with a great shoute, when they praysed the Lorde, because the foundation of the house of the Lorde was layed.
• Neh 6:16 : 16 And when all our enemies heard thereof, euen all the heathen that were about vs, they were afraid, & their courage failed them: for they knew, that this worke was wrought by our God.
• Isa 49:9-9 : 9 That thou maiest say to the prisoners, Goe foorth: and to them that are in darkenesse, Shewe your selues: they shall feede in the waies, and their pastures shall bee in all the toppes of the hilles. 10 They shal not be hungrie, neither shal they be thirstie, neither shall the heat smite them, nor the sunne: for he that hath compassion on them, shall leade them: euen to the springs of waters shal he driue them. 11 And I will make all my mountaines, as a way, and my paths shalbe exalted. 12 Beholde, these shall come from farre: and loe, these from the North and from the West, and these from the land of Sinim. 13 Reioyce, O heauens: and bee ioyfull, O earth: brast foorth into praise, O mountaines: for God hath comforted his people, and will haue mercie vpon his afflicted.