Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Psalms 124:6
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.
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.
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...
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....
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...
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....
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...
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ PSALMS 124 PSALMS FOR CLIMBING; PSALMS 120:134 Jesus said, "We wi
בָּר֥וּךְ יְהוָ֑ה שֶׁ לֹּ֥א נְתָנָ֥נוּ טֶ֝֗רֶף...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
Blessed [be] the LORD, who hath not given us [as] a prey to their teeth. Ver. 6. _Blessed be the Lord, &c._] _Deo gratias,_ thanks be to God was much in Austin's mouth, and should be so in ours, but...
_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...
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...
A metaphor from wild beasts, which tear and devour their prey with their teeth....
Psalms 124:6 Blessed H1288 (H8803) LORD H3068 given H5414 (H8804) prey H2964 teeth H8127 who hath not -...
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...
_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...
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...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 124:6 WE HAVE ESCAPED LIKE A BIRD FROM THE SNARE OF THE FOWLERS. That is, unexpectedly. ⇐...
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...
1 Samuel 26:20; Exodus 15:10; Exodus 15:9; Isaiah 10:14; Judges 5:30;