...of GOD; they have been like those in Psal. cxxvi, When the LORD turned again the cufitivity of /ion, we were like them that dream: then was our mouth filled with laughter and our tongue with tinging: the LORD hath done great thitigt for us, whereof we are glad. •\ Some laboring under sud>...

...difficulty give credit even to the royal proclamation, though the great seal of heaven is affixed to it. 2. 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. 3. The LORD hath done...

...living God with his ancient people, after a season of depression and discouragement, we should say, " When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion,...filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing : then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them. The Lord hath done great...

...interesting occasion? " Then were "we like them that dream — then was our mouth filled with praise and our tongue with singing. The Lord hath done great things for us, whereof we are glad." But sorrow and joy are not the only feelings which such a dispensation ought...

...virtue of " the grant of Cyrus." Their harps are resumed and struck to notes of psean aud jubilation. " When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion we...singing. . . . The Lord hath done great things for us whereof we are glad." Surely the joyful state expressed here was anticipative and predictive of...

...change, that we could hardly believe it when it was accomplished ; and like the children of Israel, < when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.' When destruction was driving on furiously, and in great haste to complete its horrid work, then God...

...return eui ff lUplivuv, 4 frajetti Jort and pfopi'ejtetb a good fuccejs thereof. A Songot degrees. WHEN the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. 2 Than was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue wi:h finging : then faid they among the heathen,...

...with the workers of iniquity : but peace shall be upon Israel. PSALM CXXVI. A Song of degrees. VvHEN the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. 2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing : then said they among the heathen,...

...in remembrance, let us sing with the Prophet, " When the Lord brought again the captivity of Sioni we were like them that dream } then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with joy. TheLord hath done great things for us, whereof we rejoice." (Psa. cxxvi.) For by how much the...

...the reverse of condition which Zion experienced by a deliverance from captivity th,e prophet says ; " When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion,...filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing : then said they among the heathen, the Lord hath done great things for them. The Lord hath done great...