“ If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say; ”
If it had not been the Lord who was on our side - Unless it was Yahweh who was with us. The idea is, that someone had been with them, and had delivered them, and that such was the nature of the i...
"A Song of degrees of David." If [it had not been] the LORD who was (a) on our side, now may Israel say; (a) He shows that God was ready to help at need and that there was no other way to be saved,...
CXXIV. A Song of Deliverance from Foreign Foes.
Title. See note on Title of Psalms 120 . the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. See App-4.
1. But for Jehovah, who was on our side. Some expositors think that this Psalm describes the very sad and calamitous condition of the Church when the, residue of the people were carried away...
DISCOURSE: 715 THANKSGIVING FOR GREAT DELIVERANCE Psalms 124:1-8 . If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, now may Israel say; If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men...
A Song of degrees of David. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say; If it had not been the Lord - If God had not, in a very especial manner, supported and defended us...
The church blesseth God for a miraculous deliverance. A Song of Degrees of David. Title. המעלות שׁיר Shiir hammangaloth. ] This psalm was composed by David; but the particular occasion of it...
If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say; Psalms 124:1-8 .-Israel declares how inevitably she must have been swallowed up if the Lord had not been on our side ( Psa...
Now may Israel say ] what Israel says is Psalms 124:1-5 .
Psalms 124:1-8 A SEQUENCE may be traced connecting this with the two adjacent psalms. In Psalms 123:1-4 , patient resignation sighed for deliverance, which here has been received and has changed...
the Christian's Fortress Psalms 124:1-8 ; Psalms 125:1-5 Here are three instances of escaped peril. In Psalms 124:3 is an allusion to Korah and his company; see Numbers 16:32-33 . Why are w...
The journey from the place of exile to the city and Temple of Jehovah has now commenced. The heart of the song is in the words: Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers. Escape...
CONTENTS It should seem from several expressions in this Psalm, that it was written upon some occasion of deliverance from trouble; for which the sacred writer blesseth God; ascribing all the glory...
If [it had not been] the Lord who was on our side ,.... Or, "was for us" h. The Syriac version is, "that rose up for us"; against their enemies, that rose up against them, as in Psalms 123:2 : or,...
Psalms 124:1 «A Song of degrees of David. » If [it had not been] the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say; Ver. 1. If it had not been the Lord, &c. ] God may far better say than our...
The Security of God's People. A song of degrees of David. 1 If it had not been the L ORD who was on our side, now...
PSALM 124 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm was composed by David in the name, and for the use of all the church and people of Israel, as a thanksgiving for their deliverance from some eminent danger or dang...
INTRODUCTION This jubilant song speaks of a sudden peril and narrow escape, and praises God for the great deliverance. We take it to be, according to its title, a Psalm of David, not a hymn founded...
A Song of degrees Literally, "of ascents." Perhaps chanted by the people as they went up to Jerusalem to the feasts. See, for example ( Psalms 112:1 ); ( Psalms 112:2 ).
Psalms 124:1 . If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say; There is a break here, the sentence is not finished, so finish it for yourselves. If the Lord had not been on y...
REFLECTIONS . This psalm was written after a victory, when the nine nations had plotted to destroy Zion, and to extinguish the light of Israel. Poor deluded nations; little did you know the power of...
If it had not been the Lord who was on our side. God in the troubles of the good I. Acknowledged as the Deliverer from great troubles ( Psalms 124:1-5 ). 1. The words represent the great tro...
EXPOSITION "A FRESH , bright lyric" (Cheyne), composed of two stanzas—the first part ( Psalms 124:1-19 ) recounting a danger and a deliverance; the second ( Psalms 124:6-19 ), praising God for...
If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, if it had not been for His merciful and almighty protection, now may Israel say, that is, all believers, as constituting together the spiritual Isra...
Exodus 15:1 ; Hebrews 13:5 ; Hebrews 13:6 ; Isaiah 8:10 ; Isaiah 8:9 ; Psalms 118:6 ; Psalms 118:7 ; Psalms 27:1 ; Psalms 46:11 ; Psalms 46:7 ; Psalms 54:4 ; Psalms 56:9 ; Psalms 120:1 ;...