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BUT THE LORD WAS ON OUR SIDE
FRIDAY, MAY 31
Psalm 124:1-8
Colossians 2:7
“… If God be for us,
who can be against us?”
BUT THE LORD WAS ON OUR SIDE
This short Psalm contains an acknowledgment of favour received by way of special deliverance (Ps 124:1-5), then a grateful act of worship in blessing Jehovah (Ps 124:6-7), and lastly, a declaration of confidence in the Lord for all future times of trial. May our experience lead us to the same conclusion as the saints of David’s time. From all confidence in man may we be rescued by a holy reliance upon our God. (Spurgeon)
Had not the Lord, my soul may cry,
Had not the Lord, been on my side;
Had he not brought deliverance nigh,
Then must my helpless soul have died.
Had not the Lord been on my side,
My soul had been by Satan slain;
And Tophet, opening large and wide,
Would not have gaped for me in vain.
Lo, floods of wrath, and floods of hell,
In fierce impetuous torrents roll;
Had not the Lord defended well,
The waters had o’erwhelm’d my soul.
As when the fowler’s snare is broke,
The bird escapes on cheerful wings;
My soul, set free from Satan’s yoke,
With joy bursts forth, and mounts, and sings.
She sings the Lord her Saviour’s praise;
Sings forth his praise with joy and mirth;
To him her song in heaven she’ll raise,
To him that made both heaven and earth.
THOUGHT: (Read Psalm 124:6.)
PRAYER: (Use Psalm 124:8.)