This psalm, one of the “Songs of Degrees,” is, like Psalms 122:1,
ascribed to David. See the Introductory Notes to that psalm. There is
nothing in the one before us to render it improbable that it was...
This spirited Psalm of thanksgiving was evidently written while the
impression of escape from some imminent danger which had threatened
the community was still fresh. It is commonly supposed to be the...
CXXIV.
In this psalm we have a reminiscence of a catastrophe so tremendous,
that all the combined images under which the poets of past times had
figured the many vicissitudes of Israel appear insuffic...
INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 124
A SONG 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 I...
_A.M. 2964. B.C. 1040._
This Psalm, ascribed in the title to David, appears to have been
composed in the name, and for the use, of the whole church and people
of Israel, as a thanksgiving Psalm for t...