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Psalms 124

Clinging to a Counterfeit Cross
Introduction

1  The church blesses God for a miraculous deliverance.

Verse 1

If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
(Title
&) A Song. It is uncertain what the particular deliverance was which is celebrated in this Psalm. Some refer it to the deliverance of Hezekiah from Sennacherib; and others to the return from the Babylonian captivity; while Dr. A. Clarke refers it to that of the Jews from the massacre intended by Haman.
120:1, 121:1, 122:1, 123:1, 124:1, 125:1, 126:1, 127:1, 128:1; *titles; 129:1, 130:1, 131:1, 132:1, 133:1, 134:1; *titles
The Lord
27:1, 46:7,11, 54:4, 56:9, 118:6,7, Exodus 15:1, Isaiah 8:9,10, Romans 8:31, Hebrews 13:5,6
now may
129:1

Verse 2

If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:
when men
21:1,2, 3:1, 22:12,13,16, 37:32, Numbers 16:2,3

Verse 3

Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
Then they
27:2, 35:25, 56:1,2, 57:3, 74:8, 83:4, Esther 3:6,12,13
swallowed
Numbers 16:30-34, Proverbs 1:12, Jeremiah 51:34, Jonah 1:17
their wrath
76:10, 1 Samuel 20:30-33, Daniel 3:19, Matthew 2:16, Acts 9:2

Verse 4

Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
the waters
18:4, 42:7, 69:15, Isaiah 8:7,8, 28:2, 59:19, Jeremiah 46:7,8, Daniel 9:26, Revelation 12:15,16, 17:1,15

Verse 5

Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
the proud
93:3,4, Job 38:11, Jeremiah 5:22

Verse 6

Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
who hath not
17:9, 118:13, 145:5,6, Exodus 15:9,10, Judges 5:30,31, 1 Samuel 26:20, Isaiah 10:14-19

Verse 7

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
Our soul
1 Samuel 23:26,27, 24:14,15, 25:29, 2 Samuel 17:2,21,22
as a bird
25:15, 91:3, Proverbs 6:5, Jeremiah 5:26, 18:22, 2 Timothy 2:26

Verse 8

Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
115:15, 121:2, 134:3, 146:5,6, Genesis 1:1, Isaiah 37:16-20, Jeremiah 32:17, Acts 4:24

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