Psalm 126:2 “Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of…”

Psalm 126:2

Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.

World English Bible

Then 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.”

American Standard Version

Then was our mouth filled with laughter, And our tongue with singing: Then said they among the nations, Jehovah hath done great things for them.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with ioye: then sayd they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them.

Darby Translation

Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with rejoicing: then said they among the nations, Jehovah hath done great things for them.

Young's Literal Translation

Then filled [with] laughter is our mouth, And our tongue [with] singing, Then do they say among nations, 'Jehovah did great things with these.'

Bible in Basic English

Then our mouths were full of laughing, and our tongues gave a glad cry; they said among the nations, The Lord has done great things for them.

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Cross references

“Then was”

Job 8:21 Isaiah 35:10 Psalm 53:6 Jeremiah 33:11 Revelation 11:15–17 Psalm 14:7

Job 8:21 · BSB

He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a shout of joy.

Isaiah 35:10 · BSB

So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.

Psalm 53:6 · BSB

Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When God restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!

Jeremiah 33:11 · BSB

the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His lo…

Revelation 11:15–17 · BSB

Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”

Psalm 14:7 · BSB

Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When the LORD restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!

“then said”

Nehemiah 6:16 Joshua 2:9–11 Numbers 23:23 Romans 11:15 Joshua 9:9 Joshua 9:10

Nehemiah 6:16 · BSB

When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and disheartened, for they realized that this task had been accomplished by our God.

Joshua 2:9–11 · BSB

and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of you.

Numbers 23:23 · BSB

For there is no spell against Jacob and no divination against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and Israel, ‘What great things God has done!’

Romans 11:15 · BSB

For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?

Joshua 9:9 · BSB

“Your servants have come from a very distant land,” they replied, “because of the fame of the LORD your God. For we have heard the reports about Him: all that He did in Egypt,

Joshua 9:10 · BSB

and all that He did to the two kings of the Amorites beyond the Jordan—Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth.

Also

Psalm 71:19 Psalm 51:14

Psalm 71:19 · BSB

Your righteousness reaches to the heavens, O God, You who have done great things. Who, O God, is like You?

Psalm 51:14 · BSB

Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.

3The LORD has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.

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