📖 Psalms — Chapter 124 (KJV)
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Scripture source: Project Gutenberg KJV, ebook 10.
Psalms 124:1 If it had not been Rthe LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
Psalms 124:2 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, Rwhen men rose up against us:
Psalms 124:3 RThen they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
Psalms 124:4 Then Rthe waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
Psalms 124:5 Then Rthe proud waters had gone over our soul.
Psalms 124:6 Blessed be the LORD, Rwho hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
Psalms 124:7 ROur soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
Psalms 124:8 ROur help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
📚 Study This Chapter
📖 What We’re Reading
Psalms 124:1–3 — Without God’s help
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Israel recalls what hostile wrath would have done without the Lord on their side. The counterfactual story teaches grateful dependence.
Key Truth: Remember the help you received.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “If it had not been the ____ who was on our side, now may Israel say;” (Psalms 124:1)
Find it in Psalms 124:1 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “… it had not been the LORD who was on our ____ , when men rose up against us:” (Psalms 124:2)
Find it in Psalms 124:2 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their ____ was kindled against us:” (Psalms 124:3)
Find it in Psalms 124:3 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Psalms 124:4–5 — Overwhelming waters
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Flood and stream images picture danger threatening the whole community. The remembered rescue is contrasted with the catastrophe that might have followed.
Key Truth: Name danger without forgetting rescue.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “Then the proud ____ had gone over our soul.” (Psalms 124:5)
Find it in Psalms 124:5 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the ____ had gone over our soul:” (Psalms 124:4)
Find it in Psalms 124:4 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “Then the ____ waters had gone over our soul.” (Psalms 124:5)
Find it in Psalms 124:5 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Psalms 124:6–8 — A broken snare
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Escape is like a bird freed from a broken trap. The final confession locates help in the name of heaven and earth’s Maker.
Key Truth: Give thanks to the delivering Creator.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “Our soul is escaped as a ____ out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is …” (Psalms 124:7)
Find it in Psalms 124:7 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the ____ of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are …” (Psalms 124:7)
Find it in Psalms 124:7 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “Our ____ is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven …” (Psalms 124:8)
Find it in Psalms 124:8 (KJV).
Related Scripture (KJV)
Psalms 121:2 — Help is again confessed to come from the Creator.
This related passage is selected for its connection with this chapter. It is separate from the chapter text.
Reflect and Apply
What past rescue should you remember with thanks?
Advanced Questions and Answers
Study this chapter’s wording, patterns, contrasts, and meaning in greater depth.
1. How does the conditional opening teach dependence?
2. How does swallowing alive express the danger of wrath?
3. What makes the flood language a communal threat?
4. How does the bird image turn danger into escape?
5. Why does the final confession name the Creator?
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