Study Guide

詩篇 124

概要

ダビデに帰せられる登拝の歌。敵がイスラエルを繰り返し圧迫したが、主は義人を打ち倒す者の縄目を断ち切られた。

Key Verses

詩篇 124:1

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

詩篇 124:3

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

詩篇 124:4

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

詩篇 124:6

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

詩篇 124:7

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

Full Text

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

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

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

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

5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

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

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

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