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PSALM CXXIV
_A thanksgiving of the godly for extraordinary deliverances_, 1-4.
_The great danger they were in_, 7.
_Their confidence in God_, 8.
NOTES ON PSALM CXXIV
In our present Hebrew copies...
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IF IT HAD NOT BEEN THE LORD WHO WAS ON OUR SIDE - Unless it was Yahweh
who was with us. The idea is, that someone had been with them, and had
delivered them, and that such was the nature of the interp...
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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 celebrat...
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CXXIV. A SONG OF DELIVERANCE FROM FOREIGN FOES....
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TITLE. See note on Title of Psalms 120.
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ See App-4....
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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 a...
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_The church blesseth God for a miraculous deliverance._
A Song of Degrees of David.
_Title._ המעלות שׁיר _Shiir hammangaloth._] This psalm was
composed by David; but the particular occasion of it is...
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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 Danger...
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If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
Psalms 124:1.-Israel declares how inevitably she must have been
swallowed up if the Lord had not been on our side (Psalms 124:1)...
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NOW MAY ISRAEL SAY] what Israel says is Psalms 124:1....
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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 wi
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שִׁ֥יר הַֽ מַּעֲלֹ֗ות לְ דָ֫וִ֥ד
לוּלֵ֣י יְ֭ה
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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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"A Song of degrees of David." If [it had not been] the LORD who was
(a) on our side, now may Israel say;
(a) He shows that God was ready to help at need and that there was no
other way to be saved, b...
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Canticle of thanksgiving, relating to the times of the Messias,
(Abenezra) or to the Jews, who overcame the attempts of the nations at
their return, 2 Esdras iv., and vi. (Ven. Bede, &c.) (Calmet) ---...
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CONTENTS
It should seem from several expressions in this Psalm, that it was
written upon some occasion of deliverance from trouble; for which the
sacred writer blesseth God; ascribing all the glory t...
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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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1._But for Jehovah, who was on our side. _Some expositors think that
this Psalm describes the very sad and calamitous condition of the
Church when the, residue of the people were carried away into Bab...
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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,.... Or, "was for
us" h. The Syriac version is, "that rose up for us"; against their
enemies, that rose up against them, as in Psalms 123:2: or, "was...
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Psalms 124:1 «A Song of degrees of David. » If [it had not been] the
LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
Ver. 1. _If it had not been the Lord, &c._] God may far better say
than our Henry VI...
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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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If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, if it had not been
for His merciful and almighty protection, NOW MAY ISRAEL SAY, that is,
all believers, as constituting together the spiritual Israel;...
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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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Psalms 124:1 Song H7892 Ascents H4609 David H1732 If H3884 LORD H3068
Israel H3478 say H559 (H8799)...
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A SONG OF DEGREES
Literally, "of ascents." Perhaps chanted by the people as they went up
to Jerusalem to the feasts. See, for example (Psalms 112:1); (Psalms
112:2)....
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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,_...
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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 up...
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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 i...
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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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Exodus 15:1; Hebrews 13:5; Hebrews 13:6; Isaiah 8:10; Isaiah 8:9;...