Psalms 124

A thanksgiving psalm for deliverance from overwhelming enemies.

Psalms 124 - Our Help Is in the Lord

Psalm 124 opens with a repeated conditional, "If it had not been the LORD who was on our side," as Israel reflects on how close they came to being swallowed up or overwhelmed by rising waters. The chapter's rescue theme echoes Romans 8:31's question of who can stand against a people God defends.


Надеющийся на Господа, как гора Сион, не подвигнется: пребывает вовек.

Горы окрест Иерусалима, а Господь окрест народа Своего отныне и вовек.

Ибо не оставит [Господь] жезла нечестивых над жребием праведных, дабы праведные не простерли рук своих к беззаконию.

Благотвори, Господи, добрым и правым в сердцах своих;

а совращающихся на кривые пути свои да оставит Господь ходить с делающими беззаконие. Мир на Израиля!

The psalm ends on a vivid image of relief, comparing the escaped soul to "a bird out of the snare of the fowlers," with the snare broken and the people set free. Continue the pattern of trust from <a href="/bible/russynodal/psalms/chapter-123">Psalms 123</a>, or move ahead to <a href="/bible/russynodal/psalms/chapter-125">Psalms 125</a> and its picture of Zion's unshakable security.