Psalms 126:3

"Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”"

Key Reflection

In Psalms 126:3, the original audience would have recognized a scene of communal joy and praise after a period of hardship. The people's mouths were filled with laughter and their tongues with song, reflecting a joyful return from exile in Babylon to Jerusalem. This verse captures the collective experience of returning to their homeland, where they could openly worship and celebrate God’s deliverance, as evidenced by the testimony of other nations who marveled at these restored Israelites’ prosperity and renewed faithfulness to Yahweh.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

The Lord hath done great things for us -All that the people around us say is true. We see it; we feel it; we acknowledge it. Those to whom this pertained would see it more clearly than those who had merely observed it. A surrounding world may see in the conversion of a man, in his being turned from sin, in the influence of religion upon him, in his comfort, calmness, and peace, that “the Lord has done great things” for him; but he himself, while he responds most fully to what they say, will see this more clearly than they do.

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