Psalms 124:2
if the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us,
BSB
ASV
If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, When men rose up against us;
KJV
If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us:
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Psalms 22:16For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
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And, as another Scripture says: “They will look on the One they have pierced.”
Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They…
When they had crucified Him, they divided up His garments by casting lots.
So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he replied, “Unless I see the nail marks in His hands, and put my finger where the nails have been, and put…
When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they divided His garments into four parts, one for each soldier, with the tunic remaining. It was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.
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Psalms 3:1O LORD, how my foes have increased! How many rise up against me!
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Show the wonders of Your loving devotion, You who save by Your right hand those who seek refuge from their foes.
Instead, I advise that all Israel from Dan to Beersheba—a multitude like the sand on the seashore—be gathered to you, and that you yourself lead them into battle.
Then Absalom and all the men of Israel came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him.
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 Psa 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.
But for Jehovah who was on our side. It is not without cause that he twice repeats the same sentence. So long as we are in danger our fear is immoderate; but no sooner are we delivered than we lessen the greatness of our calamity, and Satan, deceiving us by this artifice, leads us to obscure the grace of God.
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