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Psalms 124:2
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The Lord the Defense of His People

A Song of Ascents. Of David.

1 “If it had not been the Lord who was on our aside,”
bLet Israel now say— 
2 “If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,
When men rose up against us,
3 Then they would have aswallowed us alive,
When their wrath was kindled against us; 
4 Then the waters would have overwhelmed us,
The stream would have1 gone over our soul; 
5 Then the swollen waters
Would have1 gone over our soul.” 
6 Blessed be the Lord,
Who has not given us as prey to their teeth.
Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
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Psalms 124:2

If it had not been the Lord who was on our side - Repeating the idea, since the mind was full of it, and carrying the thought forward. This is one of the instances of an ascent of thought in these psalms, from which it has been supposed that the title "Songs of Degrees" was given to this collection. See, however, Introduction to Psalms 120:1-7.

When men rose up against us - When we were assailed by our enemies. On what occasion this occurred, it is now impossible to determine.


 
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