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Psalms 124:8
8The one who helped us is the Lord. He made the whole universe.’
Psalms 124:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
- New International Version (NIV)Our help is in the name of the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Our help is in the name of the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.
Context of Psalms 124:8
6We should praise the Lord! He did not let our enemies destroy us, like wild animals that kill their food and eat it. 7Now we have become free, like a bird that got free out of a trap. Our enemies lost their power, and we are free! The one who helped us is the Lord. He made the whole universe.’
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עֶ֭זְרֵנוּ בְּשֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה עֹ֝שֵׂ֗ה שָׁמַ֥יִם וָאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 124:8
- Psalms 115:15I pray that the Lord will bless you all. He is the one who made the whole universe.
- Psalms 121:2My help comes from the Lord. He made the heaven and the earth.
- Psalms 134:3The Lord made the heaven and the earth. From his home in Zion, may he bless you!
- Psalms 146:5The person who knows that the God of Jacob will help him is a happy person! If he trusts in the Lord as his God, he is happy.
- Genesis 1:1In the beginning, God made the heavens and the earth.
- Isaiah 37:16‘Lord Almighty, you are Israel's God. You sit on your throne between the cherubs. Only you are the God who rules all the kingdoms in the world. You have made the heavens and the earth.
- Jeremiah 32:17I said, ‘Lord God, you used your great power and strength to make the earth and the sky. Nothing is too difficult for you to do.
- Acts 4:24The believers listened to what Peter and John told them. Then they all prayed together. They said to God, ‘You are the Lord who rules over everything. You made the sky, the earth and the sea. You also made everything that is in them.
Commentaries on Psalms 124:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Our help is in the name of the Lord - דיי מימרא בשום beshum meywra depai, Chaldee, "In the name of the Word of the Lord." So in the second verse, "Unless the Word of the Lord had been our Helper:" the substantial Word; not a word spoken, or a prophecy delivered, but the person who was afterwards termed ̔ , the Word of God. This deliverance of the Jews appears to me the most natural interpretation of this Psalm: and probably Mordecai was the author.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Our help is in the name of the Lord - In the Lord; in the great Yahweh. See Psalm 121:2. Who made heaven and earth - The great Creator; the true God. Our deliverances have led us up to him. They are such as can be ascribed to him alone. They could not have come from ourselves; from our fellow-men; from angels; from any or all created beings. Often in life, when delivered from danger, we may feel this; we always may feel this, and should feel this, when we…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-8Verses 6-8 God is the Author of all our deliverances, and he must have the glory. The enemies lay snares for God's people, to bring them into sin and trouble, and to hold them there. Sometimes they seem to prevail; but in the Lord let us put our trust, and we shall not be put to confusion. The believer will ascribe all the honour of his salvation, to the power, mercy, and truth of God, and look back with wonder and thanksgiving on the way in which the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-8The enemies of God's people were like lions or bears that tear prey with their teeth (see Psalm 57:4; Proverbs 28:15). The Lord shut their mouths (Daniel 6:22).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. (Compare Psa 121:2). name--in the usual sense (Psa 5:11; 20:1). He thus places over against the great danger the omnipotent God, and drowns, as it were in an anthem, the wickedness of the whole world and of hell, just as a great fire consumes a little drop of water [Luther].Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 124
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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