Verse Psalms 124:8. _OUR HELP_ IS _IN THE NAME OF THE LORD_] בשום מימרא דיי _beshum meywra depai_, Chaldee, "In the name of the WORD of the LORD." So in the second verse, "Unless the WORD of the LORD...
OUR HELP IS IN THE NAME OF THE LORD - In the Lord; in the great Yahweh. See Psalms 121:2. WHO MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH - The great Creator; the true God. Our deliverances have led us up to him. They are...
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....
NAME. See note on Psalms 20:1. WHO MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH. See App-67 and note on Psalms 121:2 with Psalms 134:3....
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...
Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. OUR HELP IS IN THE NAME (I:E., THE MANIFESTED GRACE AND MIGHT) OF THE LORD, WHO MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH - (; cf. .)...
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
WHO MADE. — See Note on Psalms 121:2....
עֶ֭זְרֵנוּ בְּ שֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה עֹ֝שֵׂ֗ה שָׁמַ֥יִם...
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....
REFLECTIONS BLESSED Deliverer of thy people! thou art our salvation, and the salvation of God our Father to the ends of the earth. And what thy Father appointed, thou hast accomplished: thy love, and...
_THE DIVINE HELPER_ ‘Our help is in the name of the Lord.’ Psalms 124:8 I. HAPPY WILL MY SOUL BE, IF IT CAN TRULY SING THIS OLD SONG OF THE EXILES DELIVERED FROM BABYLON. Once the wild beasts of...
8._Our help is in the name of Jehovah. _David here extends to the state of the Church in all ages that which the faithful had already experienced. As I interpret the verse, he not only gives thanks to...
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...
OUR HELP [IS] IN THE NAME OF THE LORD,.... This is the conclusion the church draws from the scene of Providence in her favour; this is the instruction she learns from hence, that her help is in the Lo...
Our help [is] in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. Ver. 8. _Our help is in the name of the Lord, &c._] Experience should breed confidence, Romans 5:4,5 2 Corinthians 1:10 Psa 48:14 Gen...
_Our soul is escaped as a bird_, &c. This is the third image by which the marvellous deliverance of Israel is illustrated. Having compared it to that of a person snatched, by a miracle, from the fury...
Our help is in the name of the Lord, in reliance upon His glorious essence and all His attributes, as they are revealed and proclaimed in His Word, WHO MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH, for the almighty Sovereig...
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....
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...
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Psalms 124:8 help H5828 name H8034 LORD H3068 made H6213 (H8802) heaven H8064 earth H776...
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,_...
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...
_Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth._ THE BEST HELPER I. God is everywhere present. Sometimes those who would help us are afar off. Not so God; He is “a very present help...
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...
Acts 4:24; Genesis 1:1; Isaiah 37:16; Jeremiah 32:17; Psalms 115:15;