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Yahweh has done great things for us, and we are glad.
Psalms 126:3 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.
  • BSB The LORD has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.
  • NKJV The Lord has done great things for us, And we are glad.
  • NASB The Lord has done great things for us; We are joyful.
  • NLT Yes, the Lord has done amazing things for us! What joy!

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Quick answer

The people affirm that Yahweh has indeed done great things for them, and they are glad. It models humble, joyful thanksgiving that owns God as the source of every good.

Overview

Echoing the nations' words, the people make the confession their own: Yahweh has done great things for us. Joy here flows from recognizing God as the author of their restoration. Believers in Christ have even greater cause for this gladness, having received the great work of salvation.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 17

  • Luke 1:49For he who is mighty has done great things for me. Holy is his name.
  • Isa 66:14You will see it, and your heart shall rejoice, and your bones will flourish like the tender grass. Yahweh’s hand will be known among his servants; and he will have indignation against his enemies.
  • Isa 51:9–11Awake, awake, put on strength, arm of Yahweh! Awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Isn’t it you who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the monster?
  • Isa 12:4–6In that day you will say, “Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name. Declare his doings among the peoples. Proclaim that his name is exalted!
  • Rev 12:10I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation, the power, and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ has come; for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night.
  • Ps 68:7–8God, when you went out before your people, when you marched through the wilderness... Selah.
  • Rev 19:1–7After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation, power, and glory belong to our God:
  • Ps 66:5–6Come, and see God’s deeds — awesome work on behalf of the children of men.
  • Isa 11:11–16It will happen in that day that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant that is left of his people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
  • Ps 31:19Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the sons of men!
  • Eph 1:18–22having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
  • Ps 18:50He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his offspring, forever more.
  • Luke 1:46Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord.
  • Ps 68:22The Lord said, “I will bring you again from Bashan, I will bring you again from the depths of the sea;
  • Isa 25:9It shall be said in that day, “Behold, this is our God! We have waited for him, and he will save us! This is Yahweh! We have waited for him. We will be glad and rejoice in his salvation!”
  • Ezra 7:27–28Blessed be Yahweh, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify Yahweh’s house which is in Jerusalem;
  • Isa 52:9–10Break out into joy, sing together, you waste places of Jerusalem; for Yahweh has comforted his people. He has redeemed Jerusalem.

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Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 126:3 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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