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Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Psalms 126:4

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Psalms126:4

4. All did not return at once; hence the prayer for repeated favors.

as the streams in the south--or, the torrents in the desert south of Judea, dependent on rain (Jos 15:9), reappearing after dry seasons (compare Job 6:15; Psa 68:9). The point of comparison is joy at the reappearing of what has been so painfully missed.

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