Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 124:3
They had swallowed us up quick; they had speedily and utterly destroyed us, as Korah, &c. were, Num 16.
They had swallowed us up quick; they had speedily and utterly destroyed us, as Korah, &c. were, Num 16.
THEN THEY HAD SWALLOWED US UP QUICK - There was no other help, and ruin - utter ruin - would have soon come upon us. The word quick here means alive; and the idea is derived from persons swallowed up...
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....
QUICK. alive....
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 they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: THEN THEY HAD SWALLOWED US UP QUICK - i:e., alive, as in ; . They thought to swallow us up; but it is themselves who sh...
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...
QUICK] RV 'alive,' as Assyria and Babylon did to many nations....
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ PSALMS 124 PSALMS FOR CLIMBING; PSALMS 120:134 Jesus said, "We wi
THEN. — Critics are at issue both as to the form and meaning of the word — whether it is an archaism or an aramaism, expressing _time_ or logical sequence. SWALLOWED... QUICK (alive). — No doubt an al...
אֲ֭זַי חַיִּ֣ים בְּלָע֑וּנוּ בַּ חֲרֹ֖ות אַפָּ֣ם...
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 they had swallowed us up (b) quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: (b) So unable were we to resist....
Rod. Sceptre, or violent dominion, Isaias x. 5. --- That, Or "therefore." (Interp. in St. Chrysostom) God always concludes his threats with promises of pardon to the penitent, 1 Corinthians x. 13. (Ca...
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...
When he says, (Psalms 124:3,) _They had swallowed us up alive, _(78) he not only expresses barbarous cruelty, but also disproportion of strength. He describes then in the first place how violent was t...
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 THEY HAD SWALLOWED US UP QUICK,.... Or "alive"; as the earth swallowed up Korah and his company; or as the fish swallowed up Jonah; or rather as ravenous beasts swallow their prey; to which the a...
Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: Ver. 3. _Then had they swallowed us up quick_] As the great fish do the little ones, as hungry lions, or wolves, ravin up...
_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...
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....
then they had swallowed us up quick, gulping the believers down while they were still alive, WHEN THEIR WRATH WAS KINDLED AGAINST US, flaming up in ferocious hatred;...
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...
Psalms 124:3 Then H233 swallowed H1104 (H8804) alive H2416 wrath H639 kindled H2734 (H8800) Then they -...
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...
1 Samuel 20:30; Acts 9:2; Daniel 3:19; Esther 3:12; Esther 3:13;...