Psalms 124 (LSB)

Chapter Text

124:1 A Song of Ascents. Of David. “Had it not been Yahweh who was on our side,” Let Israel now say,

124:2 “Had it not been Yahweh who was on our side When men rose up against us,

124:3 Then they would have swallowed us alive, When their anger was kindled against us;

124:4 Then the waters would have flowed over us, The stream would have swept over our soul;

124:5 Then the raging waters would have swept over our soul.”

124:6 Blessed be Yahweh, Who has not given us to be prey for their teeth.

124:7 Our soul has escaped as a bird out of the snare of the trapper; The snare is broken and we have escaped.

124:8 Our help is in the name of Yahweh, Who made heaven and earth.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "song", "ascents", "david", "been", "yahweh", "side", and "israel". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "song" and "ascents", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local LSB text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "song" and "ascents" carries the first interpretive weight. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "song" and "ascents" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.