Psalms 124:1
If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, let Israel now say,
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
In Context
2if it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us,
Cross References
Genesis 31:42Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty. God has seen my affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked you last night.”
Psalms 27:1The LORD is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?
Psalms 46:11The LORD of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
Psalms 56:9Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this: that God is for me.
Psalms 94:17Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.
Psalms 120:1In my distress, I cried to the LORD. He answered me.
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 →