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**PSALM 124**
**THE ARGUMENT**
This Psalm was composed by David in the name, and for the use of all the church and people of Israel, as a thanksgiving for their deliverance from some eminent danger or dangers from proud and potent enemies. Many such they had in David’s time; but which of them is here intended is hard to determine, and not worth the inquiry.
The church setteth forth God’s mercy for a miraculous deliverance, out of the apparent danger of powerful enemies, [Psalms 124:1-5](../../../kjv/psalms/124/1-5), and blesseth him for it [Psalms 124:6-8](../../../kjv/psalms/124/6-8).

**They had swallowed us up quick;**they had speedily and utterly destroyed us, as Korah, &c. were, [Numbers 16](../../../kjv/numbers/16).

Our enemies, compared to
**proud waters,**for their great multitude, and swelling rage, and mighty force.

A metaphor from wild beasts, which tear and devour their prey with their teeth.

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