Psalm 124:1 Parallel Translations

A song by David for going up to worship. "If the LORD had not been on our side..." (Israel should repeat this.)(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;

ASV:

If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, Let Israel now say,

BBE:

<A Song of the going up. Of David.> If it had not been the Lord who was on our side (let Israel now say);

DBY:

{A Song of degrees. Of David.} If it had not been Jehovah who was for us oh let Israel say --

ERV:

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

JPS:

A Song of Ascents; of David. 'If it had not been the LORD who was for us', let Israel now say;

WBS:

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

WEB:

A Song of Ascents. By David. If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, let Israel now say,

YLT:

A Song of the Ascents, by David. Save for Jehovah -- who hath been for us, (Pray, let Israel say),

Psalm 124:1 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 94:17 If the LORD had not been my help, My soul would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.

Psalm 129:1 A Song of Ascents. "Many times they have persecuted me from my youth up," Let Israel now say, (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

124:1 <> If [it had not been] the LORD who was {a} on our side, now may Israel say;
(a) He shows that God was ready to help at need and that there was no other way to be saved, but by this means alone.

MHC:

124:1-5 God suffers the enemies of his people sometimes to prevail very far against them, that his power may be seen the more in their deliverance. Happy the people whose God is Jehovah, a God all-sufficient. Besides applying this to any particular deliverance wrought in our days and the ancient times, we should have in our thoughts the great work of redemption by Jesus Christ, by which believers were rescued from Satan.

CONC:

Ascents David Degrees Gt Lt Oh Save Song

Ascents David Degrees Israel Save Side Song

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