Psalms 125:2
If it had not been that the Lord was with us, When men rose up against us
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
1If it had not been that the Lord was with us, let Israel now say:
3perhaps they had swallowed us up alive. When their fury was enkindled against us,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:27His dwelling is above, and underneath are the everlasting arms: he shall cast out the enemy from before thee, and shall say: Be thou brought to nought.
Psalms 34:7This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him: and saved him out of all his troubles.
Isaiah 4:5And the Lord will create upon every place of mount Sion, and where he is called upon, a cloud by day, and a smoke and the brightness of a flaming fire in the night: for over all the glory shall be a protection.
Zechariah 2:5And I will be to it, saith the Lord, a wall of fire round about: and I will be in glory in the midst thereof.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 125:2-4
The Security of God's People. 1 They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever. 2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever. 3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity. Here are three very precious promises made to the people of God, which, though they are designed to secure the welfare of the church in… Read the whole commentary →