--- title: "Psalms 124 - Study King James Bible with cokes commentary on the holy bible" description: "Read Psalms 124 with cokes commentary on the holy bible commentary. 1 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say; 2 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us: 3 T" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/cokes-commentary-on-the-holy-bible/psalms/124" --- [ Read](/kjv/psalms/124)[ Commentary](/study/psalms/124)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/psalms/124) Audio 1 If *it had not been* the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say; 2 If *it had not been* the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us: 3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: 4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: 5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul. 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. [Psalms 123](/study/psalms/123) [Psalms 125](/study/psalms/125) ## Commentary To verse 1 [Psalms 124:0](/kjv/psalms/124/0). *The church blesseth God for a miraculous deliverance.* A Song of Degrees of David. *Title.*המעלות שׁיר *Shiir hammangaloth.*] This psalm was composed by David; but the particular occasion of it is not known with any certainty. Dr. Delaney conjectures, that he wrote it upon the victory mentioned [2 Samuel 5:20](/kjv/2-samuel/5/20). David said upon that occasion, *The Lord hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as a breach of waters:*and he thinks this conjecture seems probable by comparing this expression with the third and fourth verses of this psalm: the objection to which is, that in the *psalm*the allusion of the breach of waters is applied to David's enemies; in the *history,*to God. This psalm was so agreeable to the state of their circumstances at that time, that it was constantly used by the Levites at the return of the Jews from their captivity; and it is, as Dr. Hammond observes, very suitable to any other eminent deliverance wrought by God for his servants. ***[Psalms 124:1](/kjv/psalms/124/1)*****.*****If it had not been the Lord who was,*****&c.—** *Unless the Lord had been with us, now,*&c. and so the 2nd verse. 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