Psalms
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Psalms 124 COMMENTARY (Matthew Henry)
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| Matthew Henry's Commentary |
Psalm 124:1
<> If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
124:1-5 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-sufficient. Besides applying this to any particular deliverance wrought in our days and the ancient times, we should have in our thoughts the great work of redemption by Jesus Christ, by which believers were rescued from Satan.
Psalm 124:2
If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:
Psalm 124:3
Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
Psalm 124:4
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
Psalm 124:5
Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
Psalm 124:6
Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
124:6-8 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 prevail; but in the Lord let us put our trust, and we shall not be put to confusion. The believer will ascribe all the honour of his salvation, to the power, mercy, and truth of God, and look back with wonder and thanksgiving on the way in which the Lord has led him. Let us rejoice that our help for the time to come is in him who made heaven and earth.
Psalm 124:7
Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
Psalm 124:8
Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.