1A song for the ascent to Jerusalem. A psalm of David. If the LORD had not been on our side -- let Israel now say --2if the LORD had not been on our side when people rose up against us,3they would have swallowed us alive because of their burning anger against us.4The waters would have engulfed us; a torrent would have overwhelmed us.5Yes, the raging waters of their fury would have overwhelmed our very lives.6Blessed be the LORD, who did not let their teeth tear us apart!7We escaped like a bird from a hunter's trap. The trap is broken, and we are free!8Our help is from the LORD, who made the heavens and the earth.
(the following is from Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary -- www.christnotes.org)
"Chapter Contents
The deliverance of the church. (1-5) Thankfulness for the deliverance. (6-8)
Commentary on Psalm 124:1-5
God suffers the enemies of his people sometimes to prevail very far against them, that his power may be seen the more in their deliverance. Happy the people whose God is Jehovah, a God all-sufficient. Besides applying this to any particular deliverance wrought in our days and the ancient times, we should have in our thoughts the great work of redemption by Jesus Christ, by which believers were rescued from Satan.
Commentary on Psalm 124:6-8
God is the Author of all our deliverances, and he must have the glory. The enemies lay snares for God's people, to bring them into sin and trouble, and to hold them there. Sometimes they seem to prevail; but in the Lord let us put our trust, and we shall not be put to confusion. The believer will ascribe all the honour of his salvation, to the power, mercy, and truth of God, and look back with wonder and thanksgiving on the way in which the Lord has led him. Let us rejoice that our help for the time to come is in him who made heaven and earth."
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