Thursday, March 19, 2015

Psalm 126

Psalm 126:4
Restore our captivity, O LORD,
As the streams in the South.
I'll admit, I chose this verse because I have no clue what it's there for.  I guess I'm missing some cultural context or something, because it makes no sense.  The rest of the psalm is talking about how God will restore or lift up those who are hurting or sorrowful.  So what's this got to do with that?

First, it asks God to restore their captivity.  Why does it need to be restored?  Is captivity a good thing?  If so, what are you captive to?  Or is it asking to restore from captivity, somehow?  Second, what does this have to do with a stream in the south?  Is there something special about those streams?

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