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The LORD has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.
Psalms 126:3 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB Yahweh has done great things for us, and we are glad.
  • KJV The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.
  • 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 the Mighty One has done great things for me. Holy is His name.
  • Isa 66:14When you see, you will rejoice, and you will flourish like grass; then the hand of the LORD will be revealed to His servants, but His wrath will be shown to His enemies.
  • Isa 51:9–11Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?
  • Isa 12:4–6and on that day you will say: “Give praise to the LORD; proclaim His name! Make His works known among the peoples; declare that His name is exalted.
  • Rev 12:10And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down—he who accuses them day and night before our God.
  • Ps 68:7–8O God, when You went out before Your people, when You marched through the wasteland, Selah
  • Rev 19:1–7After this I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude in heaven, shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God!
  • Ps 66:5–6Come and see the works of God; how awesome are His deeds toward mankind.
  • Isa 11:11–16On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant 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 31:19How great is Your goodness which You have laid up for those who fear You, which You have bestowed before the sons of men on those who take refuge in You!
  • Eph 1:18–22I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,
  • Ps 18:50Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.
  • Luke 1:46Then Mary said: “My soul magnifies the Lord,
  • Ps 68:22The Lord said, “I will retrieve them from Bashan, I will bring them up from the depths of the sea,
  • Isa 25:9And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”
  • Ezra 7:27–28Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put into the heart of the king to so honor the house of the LORD in Jerusalem,
  • Isa 52:9–10Break forth in joy, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD 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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