Psalms 126:3
The Lord hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.
Psalms 126:3 in other translations
| BSB | The LORD has done great things for us; we are filled with joy. |
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| WEB | The LORD has done great things for us, and we are glad. |
| ASV | Jehovah hath done great things for us, Whereof we are glad. |
| YLT | Jehovah did great things with us, We have been joyful. |
| DARBY | Jehovah hath done great things for us; and we are joyful. |
| BBE | The Lord has done great things for us; because of which we are glad. |
| Webster | The LORD hath done great things for us; of which we are glad. |
What does Psalms 126:3 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 126:1-3
Psa 126:1-6. To praise for God's favor to His people is added a prayer for its continued manifestation. 1-3. When the Lord, &c.--The joy of those returned from Babylon was ecstatic, and elicited the admiration even of the heathen, as illustrating God's great power and goodness. turned again the captivity--that is, restored from it (Job 39:12; Psa 14:7; Pr 12:14). Hengstenberg translates: "When the Lord turned…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 126:1-3
It is good to observe how God's deliverances of the church are for us, that we may rejoice in them. And how ought redemption from the wrath to come, from the power of sin and of Satan, to be valued! The sinner convinced of his guilt and danger, when by looking to a crucified Saviour he receives peace to his conscience, and power to break off his sins, often can scarcely believe that the prospect which opens to him…
Psalms 126:3 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 126:3
- Luke 1:49
For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.
- Isaiah 51:9-11
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over? Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
- Isaiah 66:14
And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the Lord shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.
- Isaiah 12:4-6
And in that day shall ye say, Praise the Lord, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted. Sing unto the Lord; for he hath done excellent things: this is known in all the earth. Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
- Revelation 12:10
And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
- Psalms 68:7-8
O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah: The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
- Revelation 19:1-7
And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever. And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia. …
- Psalms 66:5-6
Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men. He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.
- Psalms 31:19
Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
- Isaiah 11:11-16
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim. But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them. …
- Ephesians 1:18-22
The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: …
- Psalms 18:50
Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
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Context
- Psalms 126:2
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.
- Psalms 126:3
The Lord hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.
- Psalms 126:4
Turn again our captivity, O Lord, as the streams in the south.
Psalms 126:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Grandes cosas ha hecho Jehová con nosotros; estaremos alegres. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | L’ Éternel a fait de grandes choses pour nous; nous en avons été réjouis. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Jehova hat Großes an uns getan: wir waren fröhlich! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | ecce hæreditas Domini, filii; merces, fructus ventris. |