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IF IT HAD NOT BEEN THE LORD WHO WAS ON OUR SIDE - Repeating the idea,
since the mind was full of it, and carrying the thought forward. This
is one of the instances of an ascent of thought in these psa...
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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 celebra...
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CXXIV. A SONG OF DELIVERANCE FROM FOREIGN FOES....
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MEN. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14. (Sing, refers to Sennacherib).
THEY. The plural, referring to Sennacherib's hosts; likened to. stream
and waters in verses: Psalms 124:4; Psalms 124:5. See note on Psalm...
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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...
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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 Dange...
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If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up
against us:
IF (IT HAD NOT BEEN) THE LORD WHO WAS ON OUR SIDE. The repetition
(cf. ) marks that the Lord's interposition had been...
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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 WILL GO UP TO JERUSALEM" (LUKE 18:31).
THE STORY OF PSALMS 120:134
These 15 psalms are called...
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IF IT HAD NOT BEEN. — For this motto of the covenant, see Psalms
94:17.
MEN. — Better, _man._ In this use of the general term, we must, as
Reuss points out, see an indication of the time of compositi...
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לוּלֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה שֶׁ הָ֣יָה לָ֑נוּ בְּ
ק֖וּם עָלֵ֣ינוּ אָדָֽם׃...
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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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_About it. Coming from Joppe, travellers cannot see the city till they
are very near it, though with respect to Judea, it is very elevated.
Hence Josephus styles it "the navel of the land." (Jewish Wa...
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What situation soever it was the church refers to (for it is not
particularly noticed), it is equally instructive to see how faith
refers the whole of her deliverance to the Lord. And very sweet it is...
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2._But for Jehovah who was on our side. _It is not without cause that
he twice repeats the same sentence. So long as we are in danger our
fear is immoderate; but no sooner are we delivered than we les...
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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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IF [IT HAD NOT BEEN] THE LORD WHO WAS ON OUR SIDE,.... This he repeats
both for the confirmation of it, and to excite the attention of the
Israelites to it; as well as to observe that it was not once...
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If [it had not been] the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up
against us:
Ver. 2. _When men rose_] Monsters rather; but such as think themselves
the only men alive, and us the only slaves and z...
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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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1-5 God suffers the enemies of his people sometimes to prevail very
far against them, that his power may be seen the more in their
deliverance. Happy the people whose God is Jehovah, a God
all-suffici...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Psalms 124:2 If H3884 LORD H3068 men H120 up H6965 (H8800)
when men - Psalms 21:1-2, Psalms 3:1, Psalms 22:12-13, Psalms 22:16,
Psalms 37:32; Numbers 16:2-3...
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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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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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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 u...
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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...
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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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Numbers 16:2; Numbers 16:3; Psalms 21:1; Psalms 21:2; Psalms 22:12;
Psalms 22:13; Psalms 22:16; Psalms 3:1; Psalms 37:32...