Psalm 124

If the Lord had not defended

Had the Lord not been on Israel's side, enemies would have swallowed them up, yet he delivered their soul as a bird from the snare of the fowlers.

8 verses. The 124th of 150 chapters in Psalms, in Poetry and Wisdom.

1If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, now may Israel say;

2If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us:

3Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:

4Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:

5Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

6Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

7Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

8Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

Matthew Henry on Psalm 124

1,209 words, in 2 passages.

  1. Verses 1–5The Security of God's People.
  2. Verses 6–8

King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.

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