Psalms 124:1
A Song of Degrees. 1 They that trust in the Lord shall be as Mount Zion: 1 He that dwells in Jerusalem shall never be moved. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 31:42Unless I had the God of my father Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, now thou wouldest have sent me away empty; God saw my humiliation, and the labor of my hands, and rebuked thee yesterday.
Psalms 27:1A Psalm of David. 1 To thee, O Lord, have I cried; 1 My God, be not silent toward me: 1 Lest thou be silent toward me, 1 And so I should be likened to them that go down to the pit. 1
Psalms 56:9Awake, my glory; 1 Awake, psaltery and harp: 1 I will awake early. 1
Psalms 120:1A Song of Degrees. 1 I lifted up mine eyes to the mountains, 1 Whence my help shall come. 1
Matthew Henry on Psalms 124:1
David penned this psalm (we suppose) upon occasion of some great deliverance which God wrought for him and his people from some very threatening danger, which was likely to have involved them all in ruin, whether by foreign invasion, or intestine insurrection, is not certain; whatever it was he seems to have been himself much affected, and very desirous to affect others, with the goodness of God, in making a way for them to escape. To him he is careful to give all the glory, and takes none to himself as conquerors… Read the whole commentary →