Psalms 124 Explained — Our Help Is In The Lord

The psalm imagines what would have happened if the Lord had not been on Israel's side when men rose up. This chapter establishes gratitude by naming the Lord as the only reason the prey was not swallowed, and the snare was not final.

Summary

Psalm 124:1–5 – If not the Lord What happens: If the Lord had not been for Israel, the flood would have swept them away. What it means: Survival is grace, not luck. God stands between His people and ruin.

Psalm 124:6–8 – Escaped like a bird What happens: The snare breaks and they escape; help is in the name of the Lord, Maker of heaven and earth. What it means: God breaks traps and frees captives. His creative power secures rescue.

Application

Name rescues that only God could do.
Confess the Lord’s name as your help.

Bible

¹A Song of degrees of David. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;

²If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:

³Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:

⁴Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:

⁵Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

⁶Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

⁷Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

⁸Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

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