This article is about Psalm 124 in Hebrew (Masoretic) numbering. For Psalm 124 in Greek Septuagint or Latin Vulgate numbering, see Psalm 125.
Psalm 124
"If it had not been the LORD who was on our side"
Song of Ascents
Psalm 124 in the Erfurt Enchiridion
Other name
Psalm 123 (Vulgate)
Nisi quia Dominus
Related
"Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält"
"Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit"
Language
Hebrew (original)
Psalm 124
← Psalm 123
Psalm 125 →
Book
Book of Psalms
Hebrew Bible part
Ketuvim
Order in the Hebrew part
1
Category
Sifrei Emet
Christian Bible part
Old Testament
Order in the Christian part
19
Psalm 124 is the 124th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in the English of the King James Version: "If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say". The Book of Psalms is part of the third section of the Hebrew Bible, and a book of the Christian Old Testament. In Latin it is known as "Nisi quia Dominus".[1] It is one of fifteen psalms that begin with the words "A song of ascents" (Shir Hama'alot). Using "conventional metaphors",[2] it recalls the dangers faced by Israel from which the nation has been rescued.
In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint and the Latin Vulgate, this psalm is Psalm 123.
The psalm forms a regular part of Jewish, Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican and other Protestant liturgies. Marc-Antoine Charpentier set the psalm in the 1690s as Nisi quia Dominus erat, H. 217, for soloists, chorus and continuo, and it was paraphrased in two psalm songs by Protestant Reformers which were set as chorale cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach.
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of the Holy Innocents (fourth day of Christmastide) Jeremiah 31:15–17 Psalm124 (7) 1 Peter 4:12–19 Matthew 2:13–18 1 Jn 1:5—2:2/Mt 2:13–18 29 December...
(Lk 2:29–32) 1524, Gesangbüchlein No. 27 Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit after Psalm124 1524, Gesangbüchlein No. 28 Gott der Vater wohn uns bei 1524, Gesangbüchlein...
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nicht bei uns hält Justus Jonas after Psalm124 15 Es spricht der Unweisen Mund wohl Martin Luther after Psalm 13, in Achtliederbuch 16 Es woll uns Gott...
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grave describes her as Scottish Patriot and bears lines from verse 7 of Psalm124, “even as a bird out of the fowler’s snare”: a reference to escaping the...
282–284. Lockyer, Herbert (1993). "Psalm 31". Psalms: A Devotional Commentary. Kregel Publications. pp. 118–124. ISBN 978-0-8254-9742-1. Lockyer 1975...
window and the centre light depicts St Leonard and an inscription from Psalm124. The left hand light shows Dorcas and the right panel shows Eunice reading...