Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 124:5
The proud — Our enemies, compared to proud waters, for their great multitude and swelling rage.
The proud — Our enemies, compared to proud waters, for their great multitude and swelling rage.
Verse Psalms 124:5. _THEN THE PROUD WATERS_] The proud _Haman_ had nearly brought the flood of desolation over our lives....
THEN THE PROUD WATERS HAD GONE OVER OUR SOUL - Over us. The word proud here is applied to the waters as if raging, swelling, rolling, tumultuous; as if they were self-confident, arrogant, haughty. Suc...
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...
THEN, &C.— _Then it had passed over our soul, even_ {_proud_ / _swelling_} _waters._ REFLECTIONS.—The greater the danger is to which we are exposed, the greater doth the power and grace of our God ap...
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 proud waters had gone over our soul. THEN THE PROUD WATERS HAD GONE OVER OUR SOUL. The term "proud" implies that the waters are figurative-namely, haughty enemies ()....
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
PROUD. — The Hebrew presents a rare form, which is considered indicative of later composition. For the epithet, comp. _Æ_schylus, _Prom. Vinct._ 717: “And you will reach the scornful river — well it...
אֲ֭זַי עָבַ֣ר עַל ־נַפְשֵׁ֑נוּ הַ֝ מַּ֗יִם הַ
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...
Bonds, obligationes. "Knots," as Greek: straggalias, also means, (Berthier) rather than duties. (Bellarmine) --- Some suspect that obligationes was put originally, as Hebrew means "crooked ways," (Cal...
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...
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 PROUD WATERS HAD GONE OVER OUR SOUL. The wicked, who, through their pride, persecute the poor saints: these proud tyrants and persecutors would prevail over them, to their ruin and destructio...
Then the proud waters had gone over our soul. Ver. 5. _Then the proud waters, &c._] The same again, to note the greatness both of the danger and of the deliverance. And it may teach us not lightly to...
_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 the proud waters had gone over our soul, that is, the insolent enemies would have accomplished their destruction; for the situation was such as to place them beyond all human help; it was an extr...
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...
Our enemies, compared to PROUD WATERS, for their great multitude, and swelling rage, and mighty force....
Psalms 124:5 Then H233 swollen H2121 waters H4325 over H5674 (H8804) soul H5315 the proud -...
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...
Jeremiah 5:22; Job 38:11; Psalms 93:3; Psalms 93:4...