The New Revised Standard Version
Book of Psalms
Chapter 124  -  Read Chapter
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 124:1 GSB -> Study Notes on 124:1 JFB -> Commentary on 124:1 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 124:1 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 124:1 SRN -> Study Notes on 124:1 TOD -> Commentary on 124:1 WEN -> Notes on 124:1 NTB -> God (continued); Persecution; Praise; Psalms 124:1 - [In Context] If it had not been the Lord who was on our side - let Israel now say -
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 124:2 GSB -> Study Notes on 124:2 JFB -> Commentary on 124:2 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 124:2 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 124:2 TOD -> Commentary on 124:2 WEN -> Notes on 124:2 NTB -> God (continued) 124:2 - [In Context] if it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when our enemies attacked us,
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 124:3 GSB -> Study Notes on 124:3 JFB -> Commentary on 124:3 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 124:3 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 124:3 TOD -> Commentary on 124:3 WEN -> Notes on 124:3 NTB -> God (continued) 124:3 - [In Context] then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us;
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 124:4 GSB -> Study Notes on 124:4 JFB -> Commentary on 124:4 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 124:4 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 124:4 TOD -> Commentary on 124:4 WEN -> Notes on 124:4 NTB -> God (continued) TTT -> Water 124:4 - [In Context] then the flood would have swept us away, the torrent would have gone over us;
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 124:5 GSB -> Study Notes on 124:5 JFB -> Commentary on 124:5 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 124:5 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 124:5 TOD -> Commentary on 124:5 WEN -> Notes on 124:5 NTB -> God (continued) TTT -> Water 124:5 - [In Context] then over us would have gone the raging waters.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 124:6 GSB -> Study Notes on 124:6 JFB -> Commentary on 124:6 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 124:6 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 124:6 TOD -> Commentary on 124:6 NTB -> God (continued) TTT -> Praise 124:6 - [In Context] Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 124:7 GSB -> Study Notes on 124:7 JFB -> Commentary on 124:7 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 124:7 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 124:7 TOD -> Commentary on 124:7 NTB -> God (continued) TTT -> Birds EBD -> Bird; Fowler 124:7 - [In Context] We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we have escaped.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 124:8 JFB -> Commentary on 124:8 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 124:8 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 124:8 TOD -> Commentary on 124:8 NTB -> Faith; God; God (continued) TTT -> Creation 124:8 - [In Context] Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

Abbreviations Legend: GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TOD - Treasury of David; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; Copyright Statement - The New Revised Standard Version "The scripture quotations contained herein are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1989, by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Used by permission. All rights reserved." Quotations and/or reprints in excess of five hundred (500) verses (as well as other permission requests) must be approved in writing by the NRSV Permissions Office, the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.