Psalm 126:1 - Revised Standard Version CI

¹ When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, We were like them that dream.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ WHEN THE Lord brought back the captives [who returned] to Zion, we were like those who dream [it seemed so unreal]. [Ps. 53:6; Acts 12:9.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ When Jehovah brought back those that returned to Zion, We were like unto them that dream.

Common English Bible

¹ When the LORD changed Zion’s circumstances for the better, it was like we had been dreaming.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ A Canticle in steps: of Solomon. Unless the Lord has built the house, those who build it have labored in vain. Unless the Lord has guarded the city, he who guards it watches in vain.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ A gradual canticle. Unless the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it. Unless the Lord keep the city, he watcheth in vain that keepeth it.

Psalm 126:1 Cross References

Job 42:10

And the Lord restored the fortunes of Job, when he had prayed for his friends; and the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.

Job 9:16

If I summoned him and he answered me, I would not believe that he was listening to my voice.

Psalm 120:1

In my distress I cry to the Lord, that he may answer me:

Psalm 121:1

I lift up my eyes to the hills. From whence does my help come?

Psalm 122:1

I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord!”

Psalm 123:1

To thee I lift up my eyes, O thou who art enthroned in the heavens!

Psalm 124:1

If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, let Israel now say—

Psalm 125:1

Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides for ever.

Psalm 14:7

O that deliverance for Israel would come out of Zion! When the Lord restores the fortunes of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, Israel shall be glad.

Psalm 53:6

O that deliverance for Israel would come from Zion! When God restores the fortunes of his people, Jacob will rejoice and Israel be glad.

Psalm 85:1

Lord, thou wast favorable to thy land; thou didst restore the fortunes of Jacob.

Psalm 85:2

Thou didst forgive the iniquity of thy people; thou didst pardon all their sin. Selah

Jeremiah 29:14

I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have driven you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile.

Jeremiah 33:26

then I will reject the descendants of Jacob and David my servant and will not choose one of his descendants to rule over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will restore their fortunes, and will have mercy upon them.”

Hosea 6:11

For you also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed. When I would restore the fortunes of my people,

Joel 3:1

“For behold, in those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,

Mark 16:11

But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it.

Luke 24:11

but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them.

Luke 24:41

And while they still disbelieved for joy, and wondered, he said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?”

Acts 12:9

And he went out and followed him; he did not know that what was done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.

Deuteronomy 30:3

then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes, and have compassion upon you, and he will gather you again from all the peoples where the Lord your God has scattered you.