John Trapp on Psalms 126:1

PSAL. CXXVI.

VErſ. 1 When the Lord turned again] viz; From Babylon; and therefore that which ſome tranſlations have in the title, A Pſalm of David (which is not in the Hebrew) would bee left out; for it ſeemeth to have been penned by Ezra, or ſome Prophet of his time.

Wee were like them that dream] Tanta fuit liberationis [illegible: 1 word] abilitas, ſo admirable was the deliverace, that wee could hardly beleeve it; as fearing the certainty, and yet hoping the truth. Such a paſſion was upon Peter, when enlarged by the Angel, Act. 12. upon the Grecians, when ſet free by Flaminius, the Roman Generall; Majus gaudium fuit, ſaith the Hiſtorian, quam quod univerſum homines caperent, &c. their joy was too big for their hearts, they ſcarce beleeved their own ears, when the Cryer proclaimed their liberty,Lib. 33. Cyp. Epiſt. lib. 1. Aug. Confeſ. lib. 6. cap. 12. Goſr. in vit. Bernard. but bad him ſay over that ſweet word Liberty again; they alſo looked upon one another with wonderment, velut ſomnii vanam ſpeciem, ſaith Livy. And ſuch an ecſtaſy is the new convert in as was Cyprian, Auſtin, Bernard; witneſſe their own writings.