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Psalm 126:4

Restore our fortunes again, LORD, like the streams in the Negev.

2Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”
3The LORD has done great things for us, and we are glad.
4Restore our fortunes again, LORD, like the streams in the Negev.
5Those who sow in tears will reap in joy.
6He who goes out weeping, carrying seed for sowing, will certainly come again with joy, carrying his sheaves.
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The word “again” carries remembered help into a fresh plea, where the streams of the Negev picture the restoration God’s people still need.

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Where else Scripture says this

9 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 85:4Turn us, God of our salvation, and cause your indignation toward us to cease.Both prayers ask God to restore his people, with Psalm 85 also asking for his indignation to cease.
Isaiah 43:19Behold, I will do a new thing. It springs out now. Don’t you know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.Both passages picture water in dry country, with the psalm asking for restoration and Isaiah declaring that God will make rivers.
Hosea 1:11The children of Judah and the children of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint themselves one head, and will go up from the land; for great …Both concern a people's shared future: the psalm asks for restoration, while Hosea describes Judah and Israel being gathered together.
Isaiah 41:18I will open rivers on the bare heights, and springs in the middle of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.The psalm's plea compares restoration to streams in the Negev; Isaiah describes God making dry land springs of water.
Isaiah 35:6Then the lame man will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will sing; for waters will break out in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.Streams in dry country appear in both passages, as a picture of restoration in the psalm and alongside healing in Isaiah.
Psalm 126:1A Song of Ascents. When the LORD brought back those who returned to Zion, we were like those who dream.The opening verse remembers the LORD bringing people back to Zion, giving the later plea's word “again” its setting.
Joshua 3:16the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up in one heap a great way off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those that went down …Water links these passages, though the psalm asks for streams and Joshua describes river water stopping so people can cross.
Jeremiah 33:7I will restore the fortunes of Judah and Israel, and will build them as at the first.Restoring fortunes is the shared language: the psalm asks the LORD for it, and Jeremiah records his promise to Judah and Israel.
Jeremiah 29:14I will be found by you,” says the LORD, “and I will turn again your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places where I have …Both look to the LORD for restoration, with Jeremiah specifying the gathering and return of people carried away captive.
Where this verse fits

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Encouragement

Remembered gladness leaves room for a fresh plea. Your gratitude need not silence what is still missing; the people who praise YHWH also ask him to restore them.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).