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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 figure is he...
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PSALM 120-134
The Psalms of Degrees
Fifteen brief Psalms follow, called songs of degrees, or, ascents.
They were in all probability used by Israel going up to Jerusalem
three times a year to celebrat...
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CXXIV. A SONG OF DELIVERANCE FROM FOREIGN FOES....
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DISCOURSE: 715
THANKSGIVING FOR GREAT DELIVERANCE
Psalms 124:1. 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 a...
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PSALMS 124
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
Sudden and Complete Deliverance Acknowledged
as Jehovah's Own Work.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 124:1-5, Israel taught to Recognize and Remember the
Extent of her Danger...
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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....
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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 th...
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Psalms 107:150
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
PSALMS 124
PSALMS FOR CLIMBING;
PSALMS 120:134
Jesus said, "We wi
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בָּר֥וּךְ יְהוָ֑ה שֶׁ לֹּ֥א
נְתָנָ֥נוּ טֶ֝֗רֶף...
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Psalms 124:1
A SEQUENCE may be traced connecting this with the two adjacent psalms.
In Psalms 123:1, patient resignation sighed for deliverance, which
here has been received and has changed the singer...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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 similitude, th...
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The power of the enemy had been just now (Psalms 124) fully displayed
against them the godly in the land who trusted in Jehovah. But they
had escaped, but only by Jehovah being on their side, or they...
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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 never...
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_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 waters for...
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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....
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Blessed be the Lord, to Him alone all praise and glory, WHO HATH NOT
GIVEN US AS A PREY TO THEIR TEETH, not permitting the enemies to carry
out their evil designs....
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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...
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A metaphor from wild beasts, which tear and devour their prey with
their teeth....
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Psalms 124:6 Blessed H1288 (H8803) LORD H3068 given H5414 (H8804) prey
H2964 teeth H8127
who hath not -...
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Psalms 124:1. _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 quick,_...
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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 your...
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CONTENTS: David gives to God the glory of the deliverances of His
people.
CHARACTERS: God, Israel.
CONCLUSION: God sometimes suffers the enemies of His people to prevail
very far against them, that...
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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 hi...
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_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).
1. The words represent the great troubles fro...
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_Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth._
THANKSGIVING FOR DELIVERANCE
1. It is our duty after delivery from dangers to acknowledge not only
God’s power for us, but His...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 124:1. This is a thanksgiving hymn for
the community, for a time when God’s people have been under threat
but have been delivered. The deliverance allows them to continue
jo...
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 124:6 WE HAVE ESCAPED LIKE A BIRD FROM THE
SNARE OF THE FOWLERS. That is, unexpectedly.
⇐...
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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 up...
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EXPOSITION
"A FRESH, bright lyric" (Cheyne), composed of two stanzas—the first
part (Psalms 124:1) recounting a danger and a deliverance; the second
(Psalms 124:6), praising God for the latter. This i...
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If it had not been the LORD who was on our side (Psalms 124:1),
And, of course, I think we could all write our own psalm from this
point on. If God hadn't been with me, let me tell you, you know. "If...
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1 Samuel 26:20; Exodus 15:10; Exodus 15:9; Isaiah 10:14; Judges 5:30;