Bring back our captivity, O Lord,
As the streams in the South.

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Restore our fortunes,[a](A) Lord,
    like streams in the Negev.(B)

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  1. Psalm 126:4 Or Bring back our captives

(A)Restore us, O God of our salvation,
And cause Your anger toward us to cease.

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Restore(A) us again, God our Savior,(B)
    and put away your displeasure toward us.

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11 (A)Then the children of Judah and the children of Israel
Shall be gathered together,
And appoint for themselves one head;
And they shall come up out of the land,
For great will be the day of Jezreel!

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11 The people of Judah and the people of Israel will come together;(A) they will appoint one leader(B) and will come up out of the land,(C) for great will be the day of Jezreel.[a](D)

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  1. Hosea 1:11 In Hebrew texts 1:10,11 is numbered 2:1,2.

19 Behold, I will do a (A)new thing,
Now it shall spring forth;
Shall you not know it?
(B)I will even make a road in the wilderness
And rivers in the desert.

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19 See, I am doing a new thing!(A)
    Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness(B)
    and streams in the wasteland.(C)

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18 I will open (A)rivers in desolate heights,
And fountains in the midst of the valleys;
I will make the (B)wilderness a pool of water,
And the dry land springs of water.

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18 I will make rivers flow(A) on barren heights,
    and springs within the valleys.
I will turn the desert(B) into pools of water,(C)
    and the parched ground into springs.(D)

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A Joyful Return to Zion

A Song of Ascents.

126 When (A)the Lord brought back [a]the captivity of Zion,
(B)We were like those who dream.

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  1. Psalm 126:1 Those of the captivity

Psalm 126

A song of ascents.

When the Lord restored(A) the fortunes of[a] Zion,
    we were like those who dreamed.[b]

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  1. Psalm 126:1 Or Lord brought back the captives to
  2. Psalm 126:1 Or those restored to health

16 that the waters which came down from upstream stood still, and rose in a heap very far away [a]at Adam, the city that is beside (A)Zaretan. So the waters that went down (B)into the Sea of the Arabah, (C)the Salt Sea, failed, and were cut off; and the people crossed over opposite Jericho.

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  1. Joshua 3:16 Qr., many mss. and vss. from Adam

16 the water from upstream stopped flowing.(A) It piled up in a heap(B) a great distance away, at a town called Adam in the vicinity of Zarethan,(C) while the water flowing down(D) to the Sea of the Arabah(E) (that is, the Dead Sea(F)) was completely cut off.(G) So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.(H)

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Then the (A)lame shall leap like a deer,
And the (B)tongue of the dumb sing.
For (C)waters shall burst forth in the wilderness,
And streams in the desert.

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Then will the lame(A) leap like a deer,(B)
    and the mute tongue(C) shout for joy.(D)
Water will gush forth in the wilderness
    and streams(E) in the desert.

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