King James Version
Psalms 124:1 in the King James Version says “A Song of degrees of David. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 124 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“A Song of degrees of David. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;”
Psalms 124:1 · KJV
A Song of degrees of David. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:
Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“it had not been the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
'i pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
“who was on our side now may Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
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