Psalm 126

Psalm 126 in a 13th century Hebrew psalter

The 126th psalm is a biblical psalm from the fifth book of the psalter .

Like all psalms from number 120 to 134, it is called a pilgrimage song in the first verse . The Hebrew word translated in this way probably indicates the steps that lead up to the temple . These psalms were probably sung on the pilgrimage to Jerusalem .

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The psalm looks back at the homecoming from exile in Babylon . This miracle of the Lord is recognized as such even among the pagan peoples. This view is confirmed by the people of God in gratitude. Looking back on this act of deliverance of God, the psalmist asks once again that God should intervene in a difficult time.

reception

In the Protestant church year , Psalm 126 is assigned to eternity Sunday.

The hymn When the Lord once took the prisoners by Samuel Gottlieb Burde from 1787 is based on Psalm 126.

Verse 5 was set to music among others in

• Heinrich Schütz : Those with tears sow the Psalms of David (Heinrich Schütz) SWV 42
• Michael Schirmer : Shout for joy, all you pious ones (1620)
• Johann Hermann Schein Those who sow with tears (1623) Fontana d'Israel. Israelis Fountain, Madrigal
• Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch : Those who sow with tears , cantata
• Georg Philipp Telemann : Those who sow with tears will reap with joy TVW 1: 352, cantata
• Johann Ludwig Bach , Those who sow with tears , cantata
• Jakob Heinrich Lützel : Those who sow with tears
• Johannes Brahms : A German Requiem
• Jules Van Nuffel : In convertendo Dominus (op. 32, 1926)
• Martin Christoph Redel Those who sow with tears , motet (1985)
• Dieter Trautwein : Come on Lord bless us
• Thomas Laubach : Harvest with joy, those who sow with tears

In Judaism , Psalm 126 is sung on the Sabbath and on holidays as an introduction to grace .

Web links

Commons : Psalm 126  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Psalm 126 in the standard translation , the Luther Bible and other translations from bibleserver.com
• Psalm 126 in the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) on bibelwissenschaft.de
• Free scores of musical settings to Psalm 126 in the Choral Public Domain Library - ChoralWiki (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stuttgart Explanatory Bible. 2nd Edition. German Bible Society , Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-438-01121-2 , p. 763
2. ↑ Website: www.kirchenjahr-evangelisch.de, input: Ewigkeitssonntag.
3. ↑ Evangelisches Gesangbuch - Edition for the Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Bavaria and Thuringia, Munich, ISBN 3-583-12000-0 , p. 554 f.
4. ↑ Psalm 137 and Psalm 126 in grace