Use This Verse / Chorus Pattern (summary of this Psalm)

for Prayer, Worship, and Meditation

TO RECEIVE THE BLESSINGS PROMISED HERE

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If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,” Let Israel now say—

If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, When men rose up against us,

They would have swallowed us alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;

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Our help is in the name of the Lord, The Maker of heaven and earth.

If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,” Let Israel now say—

Our help is in the name of the Lord, The Maker of heaven and earth.

Let Israel now say— Our help is in the name of the Lord

The Psalms of Ascent

Psalm 124

The Lord, the Defense of His People

PRAISING GOD AS “MAKER OF HEAVEN & EARTH”

BUILDS YOUR FAITH

THAT “GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN YOU”

THAN WHATEVER “IN THE WORLD”

IS COMING AGAINST YOU.

MANY “ILLUSTRATIONS” ARE GIVEN ….SO GOD “CAN PAINT A CLEAR PICTURE”

OF HIS COMMITMENT TO SAVING & HELPING US.

Ps 123 taught us

“to look to the Lord for our help”

Ps 124 shows us “to praise Him for His help”

Making “faith declarations”

before & after receiving it.