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Psalms 124:1

Psalms 124:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

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Psalms 124 — OverviewPsalms 124 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleDavid penned this psalm (we suppose) upon occasion of some great deliverance which God wrought for him and his people from some very threatening danger, which was likely to have involved them all in ruin,…Psalms 124 — OverviewPsalms 124 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgePsalms 124:1, The church blesses God for a miraculous deliverance. It is uncertain what the particular deliverance was which is celebrated in this Psalm. Some refer it to the deliverance of Hezekiah from Sennacherib;…Psalms 124 — OverviewPsalms 124 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleSong of degrees of David. Some think this psalm was written by David, after the conquest of the Philistines and Ammonites, and other nations that rose up against him and Israel, like the proud waves of the sea, and…Psalms 124:1-5Psalms 124:1-5 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe people of God, being here called upon to praise God for their deliverance, are to take notice, I. Of the malice of men, by which they were reduced to the very brink of ruin. Let Israel say that there was but…Psalms 124:1Psalms 124:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryIf it had not been the Lord who was on our side, now may Israel say; rather, now let Israel say (Kay, Cheyne, Revised Version).Psalms 124:1Psalms 124:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryJehovah for us. "The Lord who was on our side." It is well to bear in mind that, usually, in the Old Testament, the term "the Lord" would be better rendered "Jehovah," the covenant name for God. Many passages in which…