124 The people of God, escaping a great peril, do acknowledge themselves to be delivered, not by their own force, but by the power of God. 4 They declare the greatness of the peril. 6 And praise the Name of God.

A song of degrees, or Psalm of David.

If the Lord had not been [a]on our side, (may Israel now say)

If the Lord had [not] been on our side, when men rose up against us,

They had then swallowed us up [b]quick, when their wrath was kindled against us.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 124:1 He showeth that God was ready to help at need, and that there was none other way to be saved, but by his only means.
  2. Psalm 124:3 So unable were we to resist.

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