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geneva@Psalms:124:1 @ «A Song of degrees of David.» If [it had not been] the LORD who was (note:)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.(:note) on our side, now may Israel say;

geneva@Psalms:124:2 @ If the Lord had not bene on our side, when men rose vp against vs,

geneva@Psalms:124:3 @ Then they had swallowed us up (note:)So unable were we to resist.(:note) quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:

geneva@Psalms:124:4 @ Then the (note:)He uses proper similitudes to express the great danger that the Church was in, and out of which God miraculously delivered them.(:note) waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:

geneva@Psalms:124:5 @ Then had the swelling waters gone ouer our soule.

geneva@Psalms:124:6 @ Praysed be the Lord, which hath not giuen vs as a praye vnto their teeth.

geneva@Psalms:124:7 @ Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the (note:)For the wicked not only furiously rage against the faithful, but craftily imagined to destroy them.(:note) snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

geneva@Psalms:124:8 @ Our helpe is in the Name of the Lorde, which hath made heauen and earth.

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