Psalm 124:8 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 124:6-8

Here the psalmist further magnifies the great deliverance God had lately wrought for them. I. That their hearts might be the more enlarged in thankfulness to him (Ps. 124:6): Blessed be the Lord. God is the author of all our deliverances, and therefore he must have the glory of them. We rob him of his due if we do not return thanks to him. And we are the more obliged to praise him because we had such a narrow escape. We were delivered, 1. Like a lamb out of the very jaws of a beast of prey:... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 124:8

Our help is in the name of the Lord ,.... This is the conclusion the church draws from the scene of Providence in her favour; this is the instruction she learns from hence, that her help is in the Lord only, and not in any creature; and that it is right to put her trust and confidence in the Lord for it, and only to expect it from him whose name is in himself; and is a strong tower to flee unto for safety, Proverbs 18:10 . The Targum is, "in the name of the Word of the Lord;' in the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 124:8

Our help is in the name of the Lord - דיי מימרא בשום beshum meywra depai , Chaldee, "In the name of the Word of the Lord." So in the second verse, "Unless the Word of the Lord had been our Helper:" the substantial Word; not a word spoken, or a prophecy delivered, but the person who was afterwards termed Ὁ Λογος του Θεου , the Word of God. This deliverance of the Jews appears to me the most natural interpretation of this Psalm: and probably Mordecai was the author. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 124:8

Verse 8 8.Our help is in the name of Jehovah. David here extends to the state of the Church in all ages that which the faithful had already experienced. As I interpret the verse, he not only gives thanks to God for one benefit, but affirms that the Church cannot continue safe except in so far as she is protected by the hand of God. His object is to animate the children of God with the assured hope, that their life is in perfect safety under the divine guardianship. The contrast between the help... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 124:1-8

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 124:1-8

Divine deliverance. The spirit which breathes in this psalm is one of keen thankfulness. Nothing calls out so deep and strong a sense of indebtedness to God (or to man) as a consciousness that we owe to him an escape from a great calamity. We bless the Lord with the most fervent gratitude as we realize that he has healed our disease and redeemed our life from destruction ( Psalms 103:1-4 ). We ought to be mindful of all his benefits, and accept them as they come , one after... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 124:1-8

But for the Lord. The psalm is a contemplation of the distress that must have come upon God's people but for the Lord's timely help. I. IT IS THE LANGUAGE OF ISRAEL 'S GRATITUDE . We cannot tell what were the exact circumstances which are referred to; but many times in Israel's history had there been the threatening of overwhelming calamity. In the old times, in Egypt, in the wilderness, in Judah and Jerusalem, as during the invasion of Sennacherib, when they were carried... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 124:1-8

The believer's safeguard. "If Jehovah had not been on our side," etc. The last psalm was the sigh of an exile in Babylon waiting upon God for deliverance. This psalm is the joyful acknowledgment that the deliverance has been accomplished. The next (125.) describes the safety of the exiles restored to their native land, and girt round by the protection of Jehovah. I. GOD IS ON OUR SIDE WHEN HE SEEMS MOST AGAINST US . As he was on the side of the Israelites both... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 124:8

Our help is in the Name of the Lord . "Our help is," and has always been, "in the Name"— i . e . in the manifested might—"of the Lord." It is he that has been "on our side," that has "helped" us, saved us, and delivered us. Who made heaven and earth (comp. Psalms 121:2 ; Psalms 134:3 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 124:8

What God has done, God can do. The stamp of "impossible" cannot rest upon anything if we are able to say concerning it, "It has been done." And that we are able to say concerning every kind of strain or calamity that "turns up" in a religious experience. "There is no temptation ever overtakes us but such as is common to man," and God has had to deal with just such things—and even with just such things in relation to just such people—before now. I. WHAT GOD HAS DONE . 1. ... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 124:6-8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 124:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 124:8

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 124:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 124:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 124:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 124:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 124:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 124:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 124:8

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