Psalm 126:4 - Easy To Read Version Lord, make us free again,\par like desert streams filled again\par with flowing water.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Turn again our captivity, O LORD, As the streams in the south. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Turn to freedom our captivity and restore our fortunes, O Lord, as the streams in the South (the Negeb) [are restored by the torrents]. American Standard Version (1901) Turn again our captivity, O Jehovah, As the streams in the South. Common English Bible LORD, change our circumstances for the better, like dry streams in the desert waste! Catholic Public Domain Version Like arrows in the hand of the powerful, so are the sons of those who have been cast out. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As arrows in the hand of the mighty, so the children of them that have been shaken. |
Our God and Savior, stop being angry at us,\par and accept us again.\par
Crippled people will dance like deer. And the people that can’t talk now will use their voices to sing happy songs. This will happen when springs of water begin flowing in the desert. Springs will flow in the dry land.
I will make rivers flow on dry hills.\par I will make springs of water flow\par through the valleys.\par I will change the desert into a lake\par filled with water.\par There will be springs of water\par in that dry land.\par
Why? Because I will do new things! Now you will grow like a new plant. Surely you know this is true. I really will make a road in the desert. I really will make rivers in the dry land.
I will let you find me.” This message is from the Lord. “And I will bring you back from your captivity. I forced you to leave this place. But I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have sent you,”—this message is from the Lord—“and I will bring you back to this place.”
Do this because the days will come”—this message is from the Lor —“when I will bring my people, Israel and Judah, back from exile.” {\cf2\super [231]} This message is from the Lord. “I will put those people back in the land that I gave to their ancestors. {\cf2\super [232]} Then my people will own that land again.”
And immediately, the water stopped flowing. {The water filled behind that place like a dam.} The water piled high a long way up the river—all the way to Adam (a town near Zarethan). The people crossed the river near Jericho.