Psalms 124 - Introduction

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 their deliverance from some imminent danger or dangers, from proud and powerful enemies. Many such assaulted them in David's time; but which of them are here intended is difficult to be determined, and not worth inquiring. It is a Psalm well adapted, as Dr. Hammond observes, to any eminent deliverance wrought by God for his people, and accordingly was constantly used by the Levites in their worship, at the return of the Jews from their captivity, being very agreeable to the circumstances of their condition at that time. David describes the danger he and his people had been in, 1-5. Blesses God for delivering them, 6-8.