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Wesley: Psa 124:5 - The proud Our enemies, compared to proud waters, for their great multitude and swelling rage.
Our enemies, compared to proud waters, for their great multitude and swelling rage.
JFB: Psa 124:1-2 - -- The writer, for the Church, praises God for past, and expresses trust for future, deliverance from foes. (Psa 124:1-8)
The writer, for the Church, praises God for past, and expresses trust for future, deliverance from foes. (Psa 124:1-8)
For us (Psa 56:9).
Or, "oh! let Israel"
That is, the time of our danger.
Literally, "living" (Num 16:32-33), description of ferocity.
The epithet proud added to waters denotes insolent enemies.
JFB: Psa 124:6-7 - -- The figure is changed to that of a rapacious wild beast (Psa 3:7), and then of a fowler (Psa 91:3), and complete escape is denoted by breaking the net...
JFB: Psa 124:8 - name In the usual sense (Psa 5:11; Psa 20:1). He thus places over against the great danger the omnipotent God, and drowns, as it were in an anthem, the wic...
Clarke: Psa 124:1 - If it had not been the Lord If it had not been the Lord - If God had not, in a very especial manner, supported and defended us, we had all been swallowed up alive, and destroye...
If it had not been the Lord - If God had not, in a very especial manner, supported and defended us, we had all been swallowed up alive, and destroyed by a sudden destruction, so that not one would have been left. This might refer to the plot against the whole nation of the Jews by Haman, in the days of Mordecai and Esther; when by his treacherous schemes the Jews, wheresoever dispersed in the provinces of Babylon, were all to have been put to death in one day. This may here be represented under the figure of an earthquake, when a chasm is formed, and a whole city and its inhabitants are in a moment swallowed up alive.
Clarke: Psa 124:5 - Then the proud waters Then the proud waters - The proud Haman had nearly brought the flood of desolation over our lives.
Then the proud waters - The proud Haman had nearly brought the flood of desolation over our lives.
Clarke: Psa 124:7 - Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare - This is a fine image; and at once shows the weakness of the Jews, and the cunning of their adversar...
Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare - This is a fine image; and at once shows the weakness of the Jews, and the cunning of their adversaries. Haman had laid the snare completely for them; humanly speaking there was no prospect of their escape: but the Lord was on their side; and the providence that induced Ahasuerus to call for the book of the records of the kingdom to be read to him, as well indeed as the once very improbable advancement of Esther to the throne of Persia, was the means used by the Lord for the preservation of the whole Jewish people from extermination. God thus broke the snare, and the bird escaped; while the poacher was caught in his own trap, and executed. See the Book of Esther, which is probably the best comment on this Psalm.
Clarke: Psa 124:8 - Our help is in the name of the Lord Our help is in the name of the Lord - בשום מימרא דיי beshum meywra depai , Chaldee, "In the name of the Word of the Lord."So in the sec...
Our help is in the name of the Lord -
Calvin: Psa 124:1 - But for Jehovah, who was on our side 1.But for Jehovah, who was on our side Some expositors think that this Psalm describes the very sad and calamitous condition of the Church when the, ...
1.But for Jehovah, who was on our side Some expositors think that this Psalm describes the very sad and calamitous condition of the Church when the, residue of the people were carried away into Babylon. This opinion is, however, without any good foundation for the complaints made, apply with equal propriety to the persecutions which the Church suffered under the tyranny of Antiochus Epiphanes. It is another objection to this interpretation, that the Psalm bears in its inscription the name of David, and historically recounts the deliverance which the people had obtained from extreme danger by the power of God. To get quit of this difficulty they observe, that what had not yet come to pass is described prophetically; but this is a forced conjecture, for the Prophets usually speak of things to come in a different manner. It is more probable that David here sets forth a known history, and exhorts the faithful to reflect upon the divine succor which they had already actually experienced. I dare not, however, limit what is here spoken to David’s time. It is indeed true that the heathen nations often waged war against the people of God, armed with such power as to come rushing upon them with the impetuosity of a deluge; but as David does not specify any particular instance, he is not, I conceive, to be understood as celebrating only some one deliverance, but in general all the instances in which God had succoured his Church. The heathen at many different times, as is well known, rose up against the Church, with such mighty hosts, that she was brought almost to the verge of destruction. David then represents as in a mirror the uncertain and changeable condition of the Church, just such as it had been from the beginning, to teach the faithful that its stability had not been owing to its own intrinsic strength, but that it had been preserved by the wonderful grace of God; and to habituate them to call upon God in the midst of dangers.
Calvin: Psa 124:2 - But for Jehovah who was on our side 2.But for Jehovah who was on our side It is not without cause that he twice repeats the same sentence. So long as we are in danger our fear is immode...
2.But for Jehovah who was on our side It is not without cause that he twice repeats the same sentence. So long as we are in danger our fear is immoderate; but no sooner are we delivered than we lessen the greatness of our calamity, and Satan, deceiving us by this artifice, leads us to obscure the grace of God. Since then, after having been wonderfully preserved by the Lord, we for the most part devise all sorts of imaginary circumstances, in order to efface from our minds the remembrance of his grace, David, by introducing the people as struck with amazement, purposely dwells upon the amplification of the danger. In these words a bridle is put upon us, to keep us meditating upon our dangers, lest the sense of God’s grace should vanish from our minds. The common translation, Had not the Lord been on our side, does not sufficiently express David’s meaning; for he affirms that the deliverance and the salvation of the people proceeded from nothing else than God’s succor, and at the same time shows that this succor was both certain and evident. Two things then are here to be distinctly noticed; first, that the Lord had been at hand to afford aid to his servants, and had taken their part; and secondly, that being already in a desperate condition, they could not by help from any other quarter, or in another manner, have escaped from danger. Thus we are taught, that men then only ascribe the glory of their preservation to God, when they are persuaded of his being so favourably inclined towards them as to defend them and maintain them safe. In the second clause there is extolled in high terms the infinite power of God, of which he had given abundant proof in delivering the people, to teach us that such a manner of preserving does not belong to man. By the noun
Calvin: Psa 124:3 - NO PHRASE When he says, (Psa 124:3,) They had swallowed us up alive, 78 he not only expresses barbarous cruelty, but also disproportion of strength. He descr...
When he says, (Psa 124:3,) They had swallowed us up alive, 78 he not only expresses barbarous cruelty, but also disproportion of strength. He describes then in the first place how violent was the onset of the enemy, and secondly, how feeble and inadequate the Jews were to withstand them, since these cruel beasts had no need of swords for slaughter, but without a battle or an effort of strength, could easily devour that unwarlike and defenceless flock.
Calvin: Psa 124:4 - The waters had then overwhelmed us 4.The waters had then overwhelmed us He embellishes by an elegant metaphor the preceding sentiment, comparing the dreadful impetuosity of the enemies...
4.The waters had then overwhelmed us He embellishes by an elegant metaphor the preceding sentiment, comparing the dreadful impetuosity of the enemies of the Jews to an inundation, which swallows up whatever it meets with in its overflowing course. And he continues to preserve the character of a man affrighted. He names the waters, next the torrent, thirdly, the proud or impetuous waters. He says, over us, and over our soul, as if, by presenting the thing to the eye, he intended to strike terror into the people. And certainly this impassioned language ought to have all the effect of a graphic representation, that the faithful might the better feel from what a profound gulf they had been rescued by the hand of God. He only truly attributes his deliverance to God, who acknowledges himself to have been lost before he was delivered. The adverb them is here either demonstrative, as if the Psalmist had pointed to the thing with the finger, or it is taken for long ago. The former signification is, however, more suitable to the present passage.
Calvin: Psa 124:6 - Blessed be Jehovah! 6.Blessed be Jehovah! The Psalmist now exhorts the godly to a grateful acknowledgment of the divine goodness, and as it were puts words into their mo...
6.Blessed be Jehovah! The Psalmist now exhorts the godly to a grateful acknowledgment of the divine goodness, and as it were puts words into their mouth. Here also he shows by another similitude, that it would have been all over with them had not God succoured them; affirming that they were delivered not otherwise than if some one had plucked the prey from the teeth of a wild and cruel beast. Of the same import is the third similitude, That they were on all sides entrapped and entangled in the snares of their enemies, even as little birds caught in the net he stretched under the hand of the fowler; and that when they were delivered, it was just as if one should set at liberty birds which had been taken. The amount is, that the people of God, feeble, without counsel, and destitute of aid, had not only to deal with blood-thirsty and furious beasts, but were also ensnared by bird-nets and stratagems, so that being greatly inferior to their enemies as well in policy as in open force, they were besieged by many deaths. From this it may be easily gathered that they were miraculously preserved.
Calvin: Psa 124:8 - Our help is in the name of Jehovah 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 ...
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 of God, and other resources in which the world vainly confides, as we have seen in Psa 20:7 ,
“Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we will remember the name of the Lord our God, ”
is to be noticed, that the faithful, purged from all false confidence, may betake themselves exclusively to his succor, and depending upon it, may fearlessly despise whatever Satan and the world may plot against them. The name of God is nothing else than God himself; yet it tacitly conveys a significant idea, implying that as he has disclosed to us his grace by his word, we have ready access to him, so that in seeking him we need not go to a distance, or follow long circuitous paths. Nor is it without cause that the Psalmist again honors God with the title of Creator. We know with what disquietude our minds are agitated till they have raised the power of God to its appropriate elevation, that, the whole world being put under, it alone may be pre-eminent; which cannot be the case unless we are persuaded that all things are subject to his will. He did not show once and in a moment his power in the creation of the world and then withdraw it, but he continually demonstrates it in the government of the world. Moreover, although all men freely and loudly confess that God is the Creator of heaven and of earth, so that even the most wicked are ashamed to withhold from him the honor of this title, yet no sooner does any terror present itself to us than we are convicted of unbelief in hardly setting any value whatever upon the help which he has to bestow.
TSK: Psa 124:1 - The Lord // now may The Lord : Psa 27:1, Psa 46:7, Psa 46:11, Psa 54:4, Psa 56:9, Psa 118:6, Psa 118:7; Exo 15:1; Isa 8:9, Isa 8:10; Rom 8:31; Heb 13:5, Heb 13:6
now may ...
TSK: Psa 124:2 - when men when men : Psa 21:1, Psa 21:2, Psa 3:1, Psa 22:12, Psa 22:13, Psa 22:16, Psa 37:32; Num 16:2, Num 16:3
TSK: Psa 124:3 - Then they // swallowed // their wrath Then they : Psa 27:2, Psa 35:25, Psa 56:1, Psa 56:2, Psa 57:3, Psa 74:8, Psa 83:4; Est 3:6, Est 3:12, Est 3:13
swallowed : Num 16:30-34; Pro 1:12; Jer...
TSK: Psa 124:4 - the waters the waters : Psa 18:4, Psa 42:7, Psa 69:15; Isa 8:7, Isa 8:8, Isa 28:2, Isa 59:19; Jer 46:7, Jer 46:8; Dan 9:26; Rev 12:15, Rev 12:16, Rev 17:1, Rev 1...
TSK: Psa 124:6 - who hath not who hath not : Psa 17:9, Psa 118:13, Psa 145:5, Psa 145:6; Exo 15:9, Exo 15:10; Jdg 5:30, Jdg 5:31; 1Sa 26:20; Isa 10:14-19
who hath not : Psa 17:9, Psa 118:13, Psa 145:5, Psa 145:6; Exo 15:9, Exo 15:10; Jdg 5:30, Jdg 5:31; 1Sa 26:20; Isa 10:14-19
TSK: Psa 124:7 - Our soul // as a bird Our soul : 1Sa 23:26, 1Sa 23:27, 1Sa 24:14, 1Sa 24:15, 1Sa 25:29; 2Sa 17:2, 2Sa 17:21, 2Sa 17:22
as a bird : Psa 25:15, Psa 91:3; Pro 6:5; Jer 5:26, J...
TSK: Psa 124:8 - -- Psa 115:15, Psa 121:2, Psa 134:3, Psa 146:5, Psa 146:6; Gen 1:1; Isa 37:16-20; Jer 32:17; Act 4:24
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Poole: Psa 124:3 - They had swallowed us up quick They had swallowed us up quick they had speedily and utterly destroyed us, as Korah, &c. were, Nu 16 .
They had swallowed us up quick they had speedily and utterly destroyed us, as Korah, &c. were, Nu 16 .
Poole: Psa 124:5 - proud waters Our enemies, compared to
proud waters for their great multitude, and swelling rage, and mighty force.
Our enemies, compared to
proud waters for their great multitude, and swelling rage, and mighty force.
Poole: Psa 124:6 - -- A metaphor from wild beasts, which tear and devour their prey with their teeth.
A metaphor from wild beasts, which tear and devour their prey with their teeth.
PBC -> Psa 124:1
The just are always under God's protection.
Haydock: Psa 124:1 - Canticle // Trust Canticle of thanksgiving, relating to the times of the Messias, (Abenezra) or to the Jews, who overcame the attempts of the nations at their return, ...
Canticle of thanksgiving, relating to the times of the Messias, (Abenezra) or to the Jews, who overcame the attempts of the nations at their return, 2 Esdras iv., and vi. (Ven. Bede, &c.) (Calmet) ---
It exhorts all to confide in God. (Berthier) ---
Trust. The Jews complied not with this condition, and are become vagabonds; but the faithful inherit this promise, (Hebrews x. 19.; Berthier) which is verified in the Catholic Church. (St. Augustine) ---
To be secure, like Sion, which is defended by other mountains, we must belong to her society. (Worthington) ---
The situation of Jerusalem was very advantageous. It was difficult to bring any cavalry against it, except by the way of Idumea. A handful of men might defend the passes leading to the north, as we see in the history of the Machabees.
Haydock: Psa 124:2 - About it // Lord About it. Coming from Joppe, travellers cannot see the city till they are very near it, though with respect to Judea, it is very elevated. Hence Jo...
About it. Coming from Joppe, travellers cannot see the city till they are very near it, though with respect to Judea, it is very elevated. Hence Josephus styles it "the navel of the land." (Jewish Wars iii. 2., or 4.) ---
The construction of the Vulgate is very natural. (Calmet) ---
For the promise regards the inhabitants, rather than the place, as Hebrew would insinuate. ---
Lord. Zacharias ii. 5. Heresiarchs have in vain risen up against the Church, though they were able men, like mountains. (St. Augustine)
Haydock: Psa 124:3 - Rod // That Rod. Sceptre, or violent dominion, Isaias x. 5. ---
That, Or "therefore." (Interp. in St. Chrysostom) God always concludes his threats with prom...
Rod. Sceptre, or violent dominion, Isaias x. 5. ---
That, Or "therefore." (Interp. in St. Chrysostom) God always concludes his threats with promises of pardon to the penitent, 1 Corinthians x. 13. (Calmet ---
He tries his servants for their good, and will not abandon them. (Worthington) ---
The captivity lasted only 70 years: the ten persecutions of the Christian Church were terminated in 300 years; and though the wicked should even put the just to death, then their rod remains no longer upon them. If the virtuous were always suffering, the temptation might be too strong. But those who are sincere, at last emerge from the cloud, and force their enemies to applaud their conduct. (Berthier)
Haydock: Psa 124:4 - Heart Heart. This God will certainly perform. (Worthington) ---
He asks not for himself alone, and leaves all to the divine disposal. (Haydock)
Heart. This God will certainly perform. (Worthington) ---
He asks not for himself alone, and leaves all to the divine disposal. (Haydock)
Haydock: Psa 124:5 - Bonds, obligationes // Israel Bonds, obligationes. "Knots," as Greek: straggalias, also means, (Berthier) rather than duties. (Bellarmine) ---
Some suspect that obligationes...
Bonds, obligationes. "Knots," as Greek: straggalias, also means, (Berthier) rather than duties. (Bellarmine) ---
Some suspect that obligationes was put originally, as Hebrew means "crooked ways," (Calmet) "embarrassments." (Aquila) ---
He may allude to the dark machinations of false brethren, who endeavoured to thwart the pious designs of Nehemias, vi. 14. Apostles shall be treated like infidels, (Calmet) or rather worse, as we shall be if we act not up to the lights, (Haydock) and graces which we have received. (Calmet) ---
Those who enter into any covenant, &c., to uphold a false religion, though they may despise it in their hearts, must expect to be punished, while the Church shall have peace. (Worthington) ---
Israel. St. Paul adds, of God, to shew who may be entitled to this blessing. (Berthier) ---
Heretics can neither give nor receive this peace. (St. Augustine)
Gill: Psa 124:1 - If it had not been the Lord who was on our side // now may Israel say If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,.... Or, "was for us" h. The Syriac version is, "that rose up for us"; against their enemies, that ro...
If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,.... Or, "was for us" h. The Syriac version is, "that rose up for us"; against their enemies, that rose up against them, as in Psa 123:2, or, "was with us", as Kimchi and Ben Melech; to help and assist, support and supply, strengthen and defend: or, "was among us", as the Arabic version; as their King, Protector, and Saviour. This implies that he was on their side; was for them, with them, and among them, and took their part against their enemies; see Psa 118:6; which if he had not done, their case would have been miserable and deplorable; or if any other had took their part, and not he, let them be who they would, angels or men. If God is on the side of us, it matters not who is against us; but if he is not on our side, or against us, it signifies nothing who is for us; see Rom 8:31. It suggests that the case of Israel now was so very forlorn and distressed, that none but the Lord himself could help them. Jehovah is on the side of his people in a spiritual sense, or otherwise it would be bad for them: God the Father is on their side; his love and relation to them engage him to be so; hence all those good things that are provided for them, and bestowed on them; nor will he suffer any to do them hurt, they being as dear to him as the apple of his eye; hence he grants them his gracious presence, supports them under all their trials and exercises, supplies all their wants, and keeps them by his power, and preserves them from all their enemies; so that they have nothing to fear from any quarter: Christ is on their side; he is the surety for them, the Saviour of them; has took their part against all their spiritual enemies, sin, Satan, the world, and death; has engaged with them, and conquered them; he is the Captain of their salvation, their King at the head of them, that protects and defends them here, and is their friend in the court of heaven; their Advocate and interceding High Priest there, who pleads their cause against Satan, and obtains every blessing for them: the Spirit of Jehovah is on their side, to carry on his own work in them; to assist them in their prayers and supplications; to secure them from Satan's temptations; to set up a standard for them, when the enemy comes in like a flood upon them; and to comfort them under all their castings down; and to work them up for, and bring them safe to, heaven: but were not this the case, what would become of them?
now may Israel say; this was a public case the psalmist here records, in which all Israel were concerned; and whom he calls upon to take notice of it, and directs them what to say on this occasion.
Gill: Psa 124:2 - If it had not been the Lord who was on our side // when men rose up against us If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,.... This he repeats both for the confirmation of it, and to excite the attention of the Israelites t...
If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,.... This he repeats both for the confirmation of it, and to excite the attention of the Israelites to it; as well as to observe that it was not once only, but again and again, many times the Lord appeared to be on their side. The Targum renders it,
"the Word of the Lord;''
the essential Word, the Son of God; and so in Psa 123:1, in the king's Bible;
when men rose up against us; wicked men; though no hard epithet is given in the text, however just. The enemies of God's people are only called "men" by them, to show their meekness and patience; it is in the singular number, "when man rose up"; hence Aroma interprets it of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and R. Obadiah of Haman: but it might be better interpreted of the man of sin, the man of the earth; who, at the head of his antichristian party, has rose up against the saints, oppressed them, and threatened them with utter ruin, 2Th 2:4. Though it is best to understand it of a body of men; of men not mean, but mighty; not few, but numerous; and who united as one man against the people of God, and rose up against them in an hostile manner; being full of enmity to them, and bent upon their ruin.
Gill: Psa 124:3 - Then they had swallowed us up quick // when their wrath was kindled against us Then they had swallowed us up quick,.... Or "alive"; as the earth swallowed up Korah and his company; or as the fish swallowed up Jonah; or rather as ...
Then they had swallowed us up quick,.... Or "alive"; as the earth swallowed up Korah and his company; or as the fish swallowed up Jonah; or rather as ravenous beasts swallow their prey; to which the allusion is. The people of God are comparable to sheep and lambs, and such like innocent creatures: and the wicked to lions, tigers, wolves, bears, and such like beasts of prey that devour living creatures;
when their wrath was kindled against us; which is cruel and outrageous; there is no standing against it, nor before it; it is like a fierce flame of fire that burns furiously, and there is no stopping it; none but God can restrain it.
Gill: Psa 124:4 - Then the waters had overwhelmed us // the stream had gone over our soul Then the waters had overwhelmed us,.... People, comparable to waters for their multitude, Strength, force, and impetuosity; which bear down all before...
Then the waters had overwhelmed us,.... People, comparable to waters for their multitude, Strength, force, and impetuosity; which bear down all before them, and against which there is no standing; which, like the waters of the flood, overflow and destroy all they pass over. These are the floods of ungodly men, which are very destructive and terrible; see Rev 17:15; together with all those reproaches, afflictions, and persecutions, which come along with them; which the presence of God only can bear up his people under, and carry them through, Son 8:7;
the stream had gone over our soul; and so deprived them of life; the whole force of the enemy; which, like a stream, flows in with great strength and rapidity, when a breach is made and spreads itself, Arama interprets it of the stream of the Egyptians, and restrains it to them, their armies and forces; but it rather designs others, and the enemies of God's people in general, which threaten their ruin, even their very souls and lives: it may be applied to the stream of corruptions, the flood of temptation and flow of persecutions, such as the flood the dragon cast out of his mouth after the woman; which, were it not for divine grace and assistance, would destroy the saints, who have no might against this great force, 2Ch 20:12.
Gill: Psa 124:5 - Then the proud waters had gone over our soul. Then the proud waters had gone over our soul. The wicked, who, through their pride, persecute the poor saints: these proud tyrants and persecutors wou...
Then the proud waters had gone over our soul. The wicked, who, through their pride, persecute the poor saints: these proud tyrants and persecutors would prevail over them, to their ruin and destruction; who, for their number, force, and strength, and especially for their pride and haughtiness, are like to the strong, boisterous, and swelling waves of the sea, were they not stopped and bounded by him who has said, Thus far shall ye go, and no farther, Job 38:11.
Gill: Psa 124:6 - Blessed be the Lord // who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth Blessed be the Lord,.... Here begins the church's thanksgiving for deliverance from all their enemies, their proud persecutors; and from all afflicti...
Blessed be the Lord,.... Here begins the church's thanksgiving for deliverance from all their enemies, their proud persecutors; and from all afflictions and troubles by them; which they could never have been delivered from, had not the Lord appeared for them; and therefore it is but just that he should have all the glory of it, and be blessed and praised on account thereof;
who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth; the teeth of wicked men are like spears and arrows, like swords and knives, to devour good men; their passions are strong, and their desires very vehement after their ruin; and, if suffered, the saints would fall an easy prey to them: but God will not give them up to them, either to Satan the devouring lion, or to any of his emissaries; nay, when they have seized them, and got them in their mouths, they shall be snatched from them, as the lamb out of the mouth of the lion and the bear by David; see Psa 57:4, 1Pe 5:8.
Gill: Psa 124:7 - Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers // the snare is broken, and we are escaped Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers,.... The people of God are like little birds, being harmless and innocent, singing forth...
Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers,.... The people of God are like little birds, being harmless and innocent, singing forth the praises of God for his goodness to them; as also because weak and unable to resist their foes; and worthless in themselves, like sparrows, as the word i here used signifies; and are fearful and timorous, and flee at the least apprehension of danger, Psa 102:7. Satan, and wicked men under his influence, are like fowlers who lay snares for them, to draw them into sin, into immorality and error, in order to bring them to ruin and destruction; hence we read of the snare of the devil and of wicked men, 1Ti 3:7, 2Ti 2:26; and who form plans and lay schemes to oppress and destroy them; but through the wisdom given them to discern these devices and stratagems, and through the power of divine grace, accompanying them, they escape what was intended for their hurt, and particularly in the following manner:
the snare is broken, and we are escaped; measures concerted by wicked men are broken, their schemes are confounded, their devices are disappointed, so that they cannot perform their enterprise; and by this means the saints escape the evils designed against them, the afflictions of the world, and the temptations of Satan.
Gill: Psa 124:8 - Our help is in the name of the Lord // who made heaven and earth 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 ...
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, Pro 18:10. The Targum is,
"in the name of the Word of the Lord;''
in the Messiah; in whom the name of the Lord is, his nature and perfections; and in whom help is found, being laid upon him, Exo 23:21;
who made heaven and earth; and therefore must be able to help his people, and to do more for them than they are able to ask or think: for what is it he cannot do that made the heavens and the earth, and all that is in them? see Psa 121:1.