Psalms 124

Psalms 124:1

Title. See note on Title of Psalm 120.

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. See App-4.

Psalms 124:2

men. Hebrew. ’adam. App-14. (Sing, refers to Sennacherib).

they. The plural, referring to Sennacherib’s hosts; likened to a stream and waters in verses: Psalms 124:4, Psalms 124:5. See note on Psalms 46:3.

Psalms 124:3

quick = alive.

Psalms 124:4

stream = torrent, or flood. Hebrew. nahal. See App-67.

our soul = us. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13. Note the Figure of speech Epistrophe (App-6) in the repetition at end of Psa 124:5.

Psalms 124:7

as a bird. The reference is to the words of Sennacherib on his cylinder, where he mentions Hezekiah by name, whom he had got “as a bird in a cage”. See App-67.

Psalms 124:8

name. See note on Psalms 20:1.

Who made heaven and earth. See App-67and note on Psalms 121:2 with Psalms 134:3.