Psalms 124:8
Our help [is] in the name of Jehovah, Maker of the heavens and earth!
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
In Context
7Our soul as a bird hath escaped from a snare of fowlers, The snare was broken, and we have escaped.
Cross References
Nehemiah 9:6Thou [art] He, O Jehovah, Thyself — Thou hast made the heavens, the heavens of the heavens, and all their host, the earth and all that [are] on it, the seas and all that [are] in them, and Thou art keeping all of them alive, and the host of the heavens to Thee are bowing themselves.
Psalms 115:15Blessed [are] ye of Jehovah, maker of heaven and earth,
Psalms 134:3Jehovah doth bless thee out of Zion, The maker of the heavens and earth!
Isaiah 37:16'Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, inhabiting the cherubs, Thou [art] God Himself — Thyself alone — to all kingdoms of the earth, Thou hast made the heavens and the earth.
Acts 4:24and they having heard, with one accord did lift up the voice unto God, and said, 'Lord, thou [art] God, who didst make the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all that [are] in them,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 124:7-8
The Security of God's People. 6 Blessed be the Lord , who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. 7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped. 8 Our help is in the name of the Lord , who made heaven and earth. Here the psalmist further magnifies the great deliverance God had lately wrought for them. I. That their hearts might be the more enlarged in thankfulness to him ( v. 6 ): Blessed be the Lord. God is the author of all our deliverances, and… Read the whole commentary →