Read: Psalm 126 vs 1-6
Psalm 126 continues on the theme of ‘Ascents’, songs that were sung by God’s worshipping people as they made their way up to the Temple in Jerusalem. Like many of the psalms, this song encourages God’s people to give praise now based on what God has done in the past. The song specifically looks back to a time when ‘the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion’ (‘Zion’ here, vs 1, refers to Jerusalem, the capital of the Promised Land).
