“ Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. ”
Our help is in the name of the Lord - In the Lord; in the great Yahweh. See Psalms 121:2 . Who made heaven and earth - The great Creator; the true God. Our deliverances have led us up to him...
CXXIV. A Song of Deliverance from Foreign Foes.
name. See note on Psalms 20:1 . Who made heaven and earth. See App-67 and note on Psalms 121:2 with Psalms 134:3 .
8. Our help is in the name of Jehovah. David here extends to the state of the Church in all ages that which the faithful had already experienced. As I interpret the verse, he not only gives...
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...
Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. Our help is in the name of the Lord - בשום מימרא דיי beshum meywra depai, Chaldee, "In the name of the Word of the Lord." So in the s...
Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. Our help is in the name (i:e., the manifested grace and might) of the Lord, who made heaven and earth - ( Psalms 121:2 ; cf. P...
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...
Who made. — See Note on Psalms 121:2 .
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...
THE DIVINE HELPER ‘Our help is in the name of the Lord.’ Psalms 124:8 I. Happy will my soul be, if it can truly sing this old song of the exiles delivered from Babylon . Once the wild beast...
Our help [is] in the name of the Lord ,.... This is the conclusion the church draws from the scene of Providence in her favour; this is the instruction she learns from hence, that her help is in the...
Our help [is] in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. Ver. 8. Our help is in the name of the Lord, &c. ] Experience should breed confidence, Romans 5:4,5 2 Corinthians 1:10 Psa...
Our soul is escaped as a bird , &c. This is the third image by which the marvellous deliverance of Israel is illustrated. Having compared it to that of a person snatched, by a miracle, from the...
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...
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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 124:1-19 . 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 rose up against us: then they had swallowed us up qu...
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.
Acts 4:24 ; Genesis 1:1 ; Isaiah 37:16-20 ; Jeremiah 32:17 ; Psalms 115:15 ; Psalms 121:2 ; Psalms 134:3 ; Psalms 146:5 ; Psalms 146:6