George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Psalms 124:4
Heart. This God will certainly perform. (Worthington) --- He asks not for himself alone, and leaves all to the divine disposal. (Haydock)
Heart. This God will certainly perform. (Worthington) --- He asks not for himself alone, and leaves all to the divine disposal. (Haydock)
THEN THE WATERS HAD OVERWHELMED US - Our destruction would have been as if the waves of the ocean had overwhelmed us. THE STREAM HAD GONE OVER OUR SOUL - The torrent would have swept us away. Compare...
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...
CXXIV. A SONG OF DELIVERANCE FROM FOREIGN FOES....
STREAM. torrent, or flood. Hebrew. _nahal._ See App-67. OUR SOUL. us. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. Note the Figure of speech _Epistrophe_ (App-6) in the repetition at end of Psalms 124:5....
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...
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...
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: THEN THE WATERS HAD OVERWHELMED US. So in David's psalm, ; , THE STREAM HAD GONE OVER OUR SOUL - rather, 'the flood,' as in : c...
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...
STREAM] better, 'torrent,' the winter torrent familiar in Palestine. OVER OUR SOUL] overwhelming the very life of the nation....
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ PSALMS 124 PSALMS FOR CLIMBING; PSALMS 120:134 Jesus said, "We wi
WATERS. — The sudden transition in the imagery from the earthquake to the flood is characteristic of Hebrew poetry. (For the flood, see Psalms 18:4; Psalms 18:16; Psalms 69:14;...
אֲ֭זַי הַ מַּ֣יִם שְׁטָפ֑וּנוּ נַ֝֗חְלָה עָבַ֥ר...
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...
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...
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...
Then the (c) waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: (c) He uses proper similitudes to express the great danger that the Church was in, and out of which God miraculously deliver...
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...
4._The waters had then overwhelmed us. _He embellishes by an elegant metaphor the preceding sentiment, comparing the dreadful impetuosity of the enemies of the Jews to an inundation, which swallows up...
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...
THEN THE WATERS HAD OVERWHELMED US,.... People, comparable to waters for their multitude, Strength, force, and impetuosity; which bear down all before them, and against which there is no standing; whi...
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: Ver. 4. _Then the waters had overwhelmed us_] As once the Red Sea did the Egyptians, or as the general deluge did the old world....
_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...
then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul, the result being a quick drowning;...
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....
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Psalms 124:4 Then H233 waters H4325 overwhelmed H7857 (H8804) stream H5158 over H5674 (H8804) soul H5315...
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,_...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Daniel 9:26; Isaiah 28:2; Isaiah 59:19; Isaiah 8:7; Isaiah 8:8;...