 WHEN the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them. The Lord hath done great...  Discourses on various subjects - Page 258by John Leland - 1769Full view - About this book
 | John Howe - 1744 - 484 pages
...(faid they) for fuch a day as this " is ? " How fweet is a mercy that comes unknown, -unlook'd-for ! When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them thai dreamed. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with finging '. Go D fo provides... | |
 | John Hutchinson - Theology - 1749 - 426 pages
...turn a fide — deftroy. Pfal. cxxvi. A Song of D. When Jehovah turned again the Captivity of Sion, we were like them that dream. Then was our Mouth filled 'with Laughter, and our Tongue with Singing : Then faid they among the Heathen . turn again our Captivity, Jehovah, ' as the Streams... | |
 | Jonathan Mayhew - 1759 - 86 pages
...opprelTbrs and enemies, that ihe Pfalm of which the text is a part, was compofed. For it begins thus : " When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, w*e were like them that dreamed : then -was our month filled with laughter, and oitr tongue •with Jinging." This, and fome... | |
 | Jonathan Mayhew - Canada - 1759 - 86 pages
...oppreflbrs and enemies, that the Pfalm. of which the text is a part, was compofed. For it begins thus ! " When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, w*e were like them that dreamed : then -was our tnouth filled with laughter, and oiir tongus •with Jinging." This, and fome... | |
 | George Fothergill - Sermons, English - 1765 - 466 pages
...be glad in it. Let it, however, be remembered, What Sort of Joy and Gladnefs fuch a Day calls for. When the LORD turned again the Captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream, faid the devout * Pfalmtft. And, if fomething of a like incoherent and tumultuous Rapture appeared... | |
 | John Flavel - Presbyterian Church - 1770 - 518 pages
...with joy and aftonifhment, Pfal. cxxvi. i, 2. " When the Lord turned again the " captivity of Sion, we were like them that dream : Then was " our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with finging." They were overwhelmed with the fenfe of the mercy : So Ihould it be with the people... | |
 | Bible - 1788 - 598 pages
...Lord fhall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace Jhall be upon l£rael. PSALM CXXVI. WHEN the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. 2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with fmging : then faid they among the heathen,... | |
 | David Austin - 1796 - 542 pages
...abundantly made up for all our former griefs. When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, •we wcte like them that dream. — Then was our mouth filled •with laughter, , and our tongue with jinging. We are a bappy people ; — we feel and know that we are fo. The labours of the hufbandman... | |
 | Thomas Williams - Bible - 1801 - 366 pages
...sincere : 1 When shall I wake and find me there ?' WATTS. This will apply even to spiritual enjoyments. ' When the Lord turned again the captivity of * Zion, we were like them that dream,' says the Psalmist. And how true is this in the experience of the Christian ! Our brightest views of... | |
 | George Horne (bp. of Norwich.) - 1802 - 564 pages
...of a fpiritual redemption, in words primarily alluding to that temporal releafe. i. When theL.oii'D turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. That Cyrus fhould iffiie a decree for the Jews to return to their own country, and to rebuild their... | |
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