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title: "Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible -  Psalms 124"
description: "PSALM 124   :-. The writer, for the Church, praises God for past, and
expresses trust for future, deliverance from foes. 1, 2. on our side—for us ( :-). n"
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PSALM 124

. The writer, for the Church, praises God for past, and
expresses trust for future, deliverance from foes.

**1, 2. on our side**—for us ().
**now**—or, "oh! let
Israel"

**2. rose . . . against,** c.—
([Psalms 3:1](../../../kjv/psalms/3/1) [Psalms 56:11](../../../kjv/psalms/56/11)).

**3. Then**—that is, the time of
our danger.
**quick**—literally,
"living" ([Numbers 16:32](../../../kjv/numbers/16/32);
[Numbers 16:33](../../../kjv/numbers/16/33)), description of
ferocity.

**4, 5.** (Compare [Psalms 18:4](../../../kjv/psalms/18/4);
[Psalms 18:16](../../../kjv/psalms/18/16)).

**5.** The epithet *proud*
added to *waters* denotes insolent enemies.

**6, 7.** The figure is changed to
that of a rapacious wild beast (), and then of a fowler (), and complete escape is denoted by breaking the net.

**8.** (Compare ).
**name**—in the usual sense
([Psalms 5:11](../../../kjv/psalms/5/11); [Psalms 20:1](../../../kjv/psalms/20/1)).
He thus places over against the great danger the omnipotent God, and
drowns, as it were in an anthem, the wickedness of the whole world
and of hell, just as a great fire consumes a little drop of water
[LUTHER].

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