Psalms 126
PATor the Ammonites and their associates, (x. G. 15, 1G.) Of a Song of Degrees, see Psal. cxx. Vor. 1. J.F it had not been the Lord xvho was on onr side, now may Israel say. If we had not had such a mighty helper as the Lord, who took our part, may Israel now most thankfully acknowledge;..
Psalms 126:2
J fit had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us.* If it had not been the Lord (whom none can resist) who took our part, when such numerous enemies united their forces, as one man, to make war upon us;
Psalms 126:3
Tlien they had swallowed us up quick, when their vrrath was kindled against us. They would then have mado but one morsel of our small army: and in the furious rage wherein they were, have immediately devoured us; as monstrous beasts do their prey, which they greedily swallow down alive,'
Psalms 126:4
Tlien the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream liad gone over our soul. Then they would have overrun all the country like a violent torrent: and we should have beqn buried in the flood.
Psalms 126:5
Then the proud waters had gone over our soul. Having once matde a wide breach, by the overthrow of our army, they would have poured in more numerous forces upon us: till, like an inundation of water, which swells more and more, they had wholly overwhelmed us.
Psalms 126:6
Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given tis as a prey to their teeth. Thanks be to the Lord, to whose in^ finite mercies we ought to ascribe it; that he hath not permitted them to domineer over us, and execute their cruel intentions against us..
Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and ive are escaped. They thought they had laid their design so strongly, that we could not escape; no more than a little bird, which a fowler hath taken in his snare: but, blessed be the Lord, who hath assisted our weakness, their plot, is defeated,.they are broken ig pieces; and we thereby most wonderfully delivered.
Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made Jieaven and earth. This was not a work of our wit, no more than of our power; nor were we beholden to the help of any of our neighbours; but we owe it wholly to his almighty goodness; who commands, because he made, all creatures: in whom we ought to place our confidence for ever.