Chapter Text
126:1 A song of degrees, or Psalme of David. When ye Lord brought againe the captiuitie of Zion, we were like them that dreame.
126:2 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.
126:3 The Lord hath done great things for vs, whereof we reioyce.
126:4 O Lord, bring againe our captiuitie, as the riuers in the South.
126:5 They that sowe in teares, shall reape in ioy.
126:6 They went weeping and caried precious seede: but they shall returne with ioye and bring their sheaues.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "song", "degrees", "psalme", "david", "lord", "brought", "againe", and "captiuitie". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "song" and "degrees", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The local GNV text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "song" and "degrees" carries the first interpretive weight. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "song" and "degrees" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.