The joy of the return to Jerusalem (Zion) from exile, the LORD'S redemptive act witnessed by the nations (Ps 96.10
), who acknowledge God as Israel's savior (
117.1–2
).
Petition for abundant winter rains, even in the relatively arid Negeb in the south, and a good harvest after the return to the land (Ps 67.6
), also used here as a metaphor for national restoration.
Ps 126 : Thanksgiving from returning exiles.
Ascents, see Ps 120n. A thanksgiving psalm and a petition that may reflect the sixth‐century BCE return from exile, imaged as a new Exodus.
1–3 :
The joy of the return to Jerusalem (Zion) from exile, the LORD'S redemptive act witnessed by the nations (Ps 96.10 ), who acknowledge God as Israel's savior ( 117.1–2 ).
4–6 :
Petition for abundant winter rains, even in the relatively arid Negeb in the south, and a good harvest after the return to the land (Ps 67.6 ), also used here as a metaphor for national restoration.