Psalms Chapter 124 verse 2 Holy Bible

ASV Psalms 124:2

If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, When men rose up against us;
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BBE Psalms 124:2

If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men came up against us;
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DARBY Psalms 124:2

If it had not been Jehovah who was for us, when men rose up against us,
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KJV Psalms 124:2

If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:
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WBT Psalms 124:2


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WEB Psalms 124:2

If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, When men rose up against us;
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YLT Psalms 124:2

Save `for' Jehovah -- who hath been for us, In the rising up of man against us,
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Psalms 124 : 2 Bible Verse Songs

Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 2. - If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us. The "rising" intended may have been that of Saul and his aiders and abettors, or that of the Ammonites and Syrians (2 Samuel 10:6-8), or that of Absalom and his partisans (2 Samuel 15:2-13).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(2) If it had not been.--For this motto of the covenant, see Psalm 94:17.Men.--Better, man. In this use of the general term, we must, as Reuss points out, see an indication of the time of composition of the psalm. One who could so speak of the whole world as separated into two parts (Jews and heathen), discloses a sense of isolation and exclusiveness which brings us far down from the time of the prophets. They, indeed, spoke of it as the ideal of the future. This psalmist regards it as an accomplished fact.