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مزامير 124:2
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
when men: Psalms 21:1, Psalms 21:2, Psalms 3:1, Psalms 22:12, Psalms 22:13, Psalms 22:16, Psalms 37:32, Numbers 16:2, Numbers 16:3
Reciprocal: Joshua 7:9 - environ 2 Samuel 18:31 - the Lord 2 Kings 9:32 - Who is on my side Psalms 94:17 - Unless Luke 8:23 - came
Gill's Notes on the Bible
If [it had not been] the Lord who was on our side,.... This he repeats both for the confirmation of it, and to excite the attention of the Israelites to it; as well as to observe that it was not once only, but again and again, many times the Lord appeared to be on their side. The Targum renders it,
"the Word of the Lord;''
the essential Word, the Son of God; and so in Psalms 123:1, in the king's Bible;
when men rose up against us; wicked men; though no hard epithet is given in the text, however just. The enemies of God's people are only called "men" by them, to show their meekness and patience; it is in the singular number, "when man rose up"; hence Aroma interprets it of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and R. Obadiah of Haman: but it might be better interpreted of the man of sin, the man of the earth; who, at the head of his antichristian party, has rose up against the saints, oppressed them, and threatened them with utter ruin, 2 Thessalonians 2:4. Though it is best to understand it of a body of men; of men not mean, but mighty; not few, but numerous; and who united as one man against the people of God, and rose up against them in an hostile manner; being full of enmity to them, and bent upon their ruin.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
If it had not been the Lord who was on our side - Repeating the idea, since the mind was full of it, and carrying the thought forward. This is one of the instances of an ascent of thought in these psalms, from which it has been supposed that the title “Songs of Degrees” was given to this collection. See, however, Introduction to Psalms 120:1-7.
When men rose up against us - When we were assailed by our enemies. On what occasion this occurred, it is now impossible to determine.
