Psalms 124:3

"if it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us,"

Key Reflection

This verse highlights the divine protection and intervention that is necessary for believers to overcome their enemies or adversities. It emphasizes that without God's support, even minor challenges could become insurmountable obstacles, underscoring the importance of relying on divine assistance in times of trouble.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Then they had swallowed us up quick -There was no other help, and ruin - utter ruin - would have soon come upon us. The word quick here means alive; and the idea is derived from persons swallowed up in an earthquake, or by the opening of the earth, as in the case of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.Numbers 16:32-33. ComparePsalms 106:17. The meaning here is, that they would have been destroyed as if they were swallowed up by the opening of the earth; that is, there would have been complete destruction. When their wrath was kindled against us -Hebrew, In the kindling of their wrath against us.

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