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Psalm 53:6

Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When God brings back his people from captivity, then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

4Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and don’t call on God?
5There they were in great fear, where no fear was, for God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you. You have put them to shame, because God has rejected them.
6Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When God brings back his people from captivity, then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
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“Oh that” begins with longing for rescue, while “then” locates Israel’s gladness in the return from captivity that God will bring about.

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Where else Scripture says this

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

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Psalm 126:1A Song of Ascents. When the LORD brought back those who returned to Zion, we were like those who dream.Both connect Zion with God bringing his people back, though Psalm 53 longs for the return and Psalm 126 recalls it.
Psalm 85:6Won’t you revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?Both link the people’s rejoicing to God’s action on their behalf: release from captivity and renewed life.
Psalm 14:7Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When the LORD restores the fortunes of his people, then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.Both long for Israel’s salvation from Zion and name Jacob’s rejoicing and Israel’s gladness as the result of God’s restoration.
Jeremiah 30:18The LORD says: “Behold, I will reverse the captivity of Jacob’s tents, and have compassion on his dwelling places. The city will be built on its own hill, and …Both name Jacob and look toward God reversing captivity; Jeremiah adds the rebuilding of the city and its dwelling places.
Job 42:10The LORD restored Job’s prosperity when he prayed for his friends. The LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.Both name God as the one who restores, though the psalm concerns Israel and Job’s account concerns one man.
Isaiah 12:6Cry aloud and shout, you inhabitant of Zion, for the Holy One of Israel is great among you!”Both name Zion and connect Israel’s joy with God, whose saving action the psalm awaits and whose greatness Isaiah proclaims.
Isaiah 14:32What will they answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD has founded Zion, and in her the afflicted of his people will take refuge.Both associate Zion with help for God’s people: salvation coming from Zion in the psalm and refuge within her in Isaiah.
Isaiah 12:1–3In that day you will say, “I will give thanks to you, the LORD; for though you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you comfort me.Both look toward a glad response to God’s help: rejoicing in the psalm and thanksgiving in Isaiah.
Nehemiah 12:43They offered great sacrifices that day, and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and the women and the children also rejoiced, so that the …Both describe the people’s shared joy as flowing from God’s action, anticipated in the psalm and celebrated in Nehemiah.
Amos 9:14I will bring my people Israel back from captivity, and they will rebuild the ruined cities, and inhabit them; and they will plant vineyards, and drink wine …Both speak of God bringing his people Israel back from captivity; Amos adds rebuilt cities and food from their own land.
Joel 3:1“For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,Both look toward God restoring his people, with Israel named in the psalm and Judah and Jerusalem in Joel.
Where this verse fits

Waiting. injustice and anger. fear for the future.

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Encouragement

Israel’s gladness is still ahead when this prayer is spoken. Longing for deliverance belongs in prayer; the hope rests on God bringing his people back.

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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).