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James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Psalms 124:1-8

This group is differentiated by the title attached to each: “A Song of Degrees” or “A Song of Ascents.” The title seems derived from the going up of the people to Jerusalem at the great festivals which came three times a year. (Compare Deuteronomy 16:16 ; 1 Kings 12:27-28 , etc.); the thought being that they chanted the psalms at different stages in their journey. The pertinency of this application of these psalms is more apparent in some than others. For example, Psalms 121:0 represents the... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 124:6-8

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. He that hath delivered, doth deliver, and in whom we trust he will yet deliver, " 2 Corinthians 1:10 . Yes, blessed Jesus! henceforth may I find grace to leave all with thee. My soul, the church, every believer, all, all are and must be safe in thy eternal and almighty hands! Like the church of... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 124:6-8

6-8 God is the Author of all our deliverances, and he must have the glory. The enemies lay snares for God's people, to bring them into sin and trouble, and to hold them there. Sometimes they seem to prevail; but in the Lord let us put our trust, and we shall not be put to confusion. The believer will ascribe all the honour of his salvation, to the power, mercy, and truth of God, and look back with wonder and thanksgiving on the way in which the Lord has led him. Let us rejoice that our help for... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Psalms 124:1-8

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. v. 1. 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 Israel; v. 2. if it had not been the Lord who was on our side when men rose up against us, as they will time and again in the interest of... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Psalms 124:1-8

Psalms 124:0A Song of degrees of David If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,Now may Israel say;2 If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,When men rose up against us:3 Then they had swallowed us up quick,When their wrath was kindled against us:4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us,The stream had gone over our soul:5 Then the proud watersHad gone over our soul.6 Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given usAs a prey to their teeth.7 Our soul is... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Psalms 124:1-8

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 we spared when others have been overwhelmed by swift disasters? In Psalms 124:4 and Psalms 124:5 , as the morning breaks, we see the proud waters that have burst their banks and are inundating the low-lying lands. Why did our house escape? In Psalms 124:6 and Psalms 124:7 we have the metaphor of the... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Psalms 124:1-8

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 brings a sense of the dangers left behind, and therefore a keen appreciation of the fact that Jehovah has been acting as Deliverer: If it had not been the Lord! What a tone of joy is in that sigh. We often speak of a sigh of relief, and here is one indeed. The thunder of the threatening flood is... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 124:1-8

CXXIV. A Song of Deliverance from Foreign Foes. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 124:6

A metaphor from wild beasts, which tear and devour their prey with their teeth. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Psalms 124:1-8

INTRODUCTIONThis 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 upon his character, writings, and history. It is full of his force and fire, suits not a few situations in which he shared the lot of Israel as herein described, and contains expressions parallel with words occurring in compositions of which he is the undoubted author. The figures employed describe... read more