Psalms 124:1
They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Sion: he that dwells in Jerusalem shall never be moved. 1
LXX2012 (US English)
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 Abraam, and the fear of Isaac, now you would have sent me away empty; God saw my humiliation, and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you yesterday.
Psalms 27:1To you, O Lord, have I cried; my God, be not silent toward me: lest you be silent toward me, and so I should be likened to them that go down to the pit. 1
Psalms 56:9O Lord, I will give thanks to you among the nations: I will sing to you among the Gentiles. 1
Psalms 120:1I lifted up my eyes to the mountains, 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 →