Introduction
A thanksgiving of the godly for extraordinary deliverances, Psalm 124:1-4 . The great danger they were in, Psalm 124:7 . Their confidence in God, Psalm 124:8 .
In our present Hebrew copies this Psalm is attributed to David, לדוד ledavid ; but this inscription is wanting in three of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS., as also in the Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate, Ethiopic, and Arabic; and in most of the ancient fathers, Greek and Latin, who found no other inscription in their copies of the text than A Psalm of degrees. It was composed long after David's days; and appears to be either a thanksgiving for their deliverance from the Babylonish captivity, or for a remarkable deliverance from some potent and insidious enemy after their return to Judea. Or, what appears to be more likely, it is a thanksgiving of the Jews for their escape from the general massacre intended by Haman, prime minister of Ahasuerus, king of Persia. See the whole Book of Esther.
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