Psalms 126:2. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, -
We became Issacs, for he was the child of laughter. We laughed as Abraham did, for very joy of faith. Sometimes, laughter may become the holiest possible expression. It may be one of the meanest utterances of our nature, but it may also be one of the loftiest. These people not only laughed, but their mouth was filled with laughter; they could not laugh loudly enough, there was no expression of articulate speech that sufficed them at all: "Then was our mouth filled with laughter," -
Psalms 126:2. And our tongue with singing:
When they did find their tongue, they could not speak, they must sing. They could not have anything so slow as a mere declaration, they must have a Psalm: "Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing."
Psalms 126:2. Then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.
The heathen could not help seeing that it was the Lord who had delivered Israel. No other people except the Jews ever came back from captivity. The Babylonish tyrant never restored any others to their land, but he did restore these people; and the very heathen said, "It is their God, Jehovah, that hath done it." And what did God’s own people say?
Psalms 126:2. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, -
We became Issacs, for he was the child of laughter. We laughed as Abraham did, for very joy of faith. Sometimes, laughter may become the holiest possible expression. It may be one of the meanest utterances of our nature, but it may also be one of the loftiest. These people not only laughed, but their mouth was filled with laughter; they could not laugh loudly enough, there was no expression of articulate speech that sufficed them at all: "Then was our mouth filled with laughter," -
Psalms 126:2. And our tongue with singing:
When they did find their tongue, they could not speak, they must sing. They could not have anything so slow as a mere declaration, they must have a Psalm: "Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing."
Psalms 126:2. Then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.
The heathen could not help seeing that it was the Lord who had delivered Israel. No other people except the Jews ever came back from captivity. The Babylonish tyrant never restored any others to their land, but he did restore these people; and the very heathen said, "It is their God, Jehovah, that hath done it." And what did God’s own people say?