Salmos 124:3-8

3 Nos habrían tragado vivos
en el ardor de su enojo.

4 Las aguas nos habrían envuelto;
un torrente nos habría inundado.

5 Así es, las impetuosas aguas de su furia
nos habrían ahogado hasta la vida misma.

6 ¡Alaben al Señor
,
quien no permitió que nos despedazaran con sus dientes!

7 Escapamos como un pájaro de la trampa del cazador;
¡la trampa se rompió y somos libres!

8 Nuestra ayuda viene del Señor
,
quien hizo el cielo y la tierra.

Salmos 124:3-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 124

\\<>\\. Some think this psalm was written by David, after the conquest of the Philistines and Ammonites, and other nations that rose up against him and Israel, like the proud waves of the sea, and spread themselves like a flood; and whose destruction was like the breach of many waters, 2Sa 5:18,20, 10:19. Others, after his deliverance from the persecution of Saul, or from the conspiracy of Absalom. Theodoret is of opinion that David wrote this by a prophetic spirit, concerning the enemies of the Jews, upon their return to their own land, from the Babylonish captivity; who envied them, and rose up against them, but the Lord delivered them. And others apply it to the times of Antiochus, when the Jewish church and state were threatened with ruin; but the Lord appeared for them, in raising up the Maccabees. Kimchi interprets it of the Jews in captivity; and drama of the deliverance of the children of Israel at the Red sea. It may be applied to any time of distress the church and people of God have been in, and he has wrought salvation for them.