Turn again our captivity, O Lord—literally, “Turn our captivity.” The word “again” is inserted by the translators and conveys an id…

Captivity. — Here there is a change. The joy of the great Return was too great not to endure through many difficulties. But the po…

Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.

The riverbeds, when the Southern torrents have been dried up, seem to…

O Jehovah! Bring back our captivity. The second part of the Psalm, as I have said, contains a prayer that God would gather together the re…

Turn again our captivity, O Lord
This prayer for the return of the captivity shows that it was not as yet: though so…

The beginnings of mercies encourage us to pray for their completion. And while we are in this world there will be reason for prayer, even when we a…