“ Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. ”
Blessed be the Lord - The Lord be praised; or, We have reason to praise the Lord because we have been delivered from these calamities. Who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth - The fig...
CXXIV. A Song of Deliverance from Foreign Foes.
6. Blessed be Jehovah! The Psalmist now exhorts the godly to a grateful acknowledgment of the divine goodness, and as it were puts words into their mouth. Here also he shows by another simil...
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...
Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth - as wild beasts thirst for the blood of their prey.
This Ps. is sung at the Feast of Purim to commemorate the deliverance from Haman. It is a gladsome lyric, thanking Jehovah for escape from heathen destruction, and may well have been composed under t...
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...
Reader! shall we not join this song, and evermore take up the same confidence: "Blessed, forever blessed be God for Jesus Christ! And henceforth our help, and hope, and strength, shall only be in him...
Blessed [be] the Lord ,.... Here begins the church's thanksgiving for deliverance from all their enemies, their proud persecutors; and from all afflictions and troubles by them; which they could nev...
Blessed [be] the LORD, who hath not given us [as] a prey to their teeth. Ver. 6. Blessed be the Lord, &c. ] Deo gratias, thanks be to God was much in Austin's mouth, and should be so in ours...
They had swallowed us up quick They had speedily and utterly destroyed us, as Korah and his company were, Numbers 16 . The proud waters had gone over , &c. Our enemies, compared to proud wate...
The Security of God's People. 6 Blessed be the L ORD , who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. 7 Our soul...
A metaphor from wild beasts, which tear and devour their prey with their teeth.
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...
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...
The Lord the Deliverer of His Church. A song of degrees of David, setting forth the assistance and deliverance of Jehovah in the midst of great dangers.
1 Samuel 26:20 ; Exodus 15:10 ; Exodus 15:9 ; Isaiah 10:14-19 ; Judges 5:30 ; Judges 5:31 ; Psalms 118:13 ; Psalms 145:5 ; Psalms 145:6 ; Psalms 17:9