1 A Song of the going up. Of David. If it had not been the Lord who was on our side (let Israel now say); 2 If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men came up against us; 3 They would have made a meal of us while still living, in the heat of their wrath against us: 4 We would have been covered by the waters; the streams would have gone over our soul; 5 Yes, the waters of pride would have gone over our soul. 6 Praise be to the Lord, who has not let us be wounded by their teeth. 7 Our soul has gone free like a bird out of the net of those who would take her: the net is broken, and we are free. 8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.
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Cross references (8)
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- 1 Romans 8:31; Psalm 56:9; Psalm 54:4; Psalm 120:1; Hebrews 13:5–6
- 2 Psalm 22:12–13; Psalm 37:32; Psalm 22:16; Psalm 3:1; Psalm 21:1–2
- 3 Psalm 57:3; Matthew 2:16; Esther 3:12–13; Numbers 16:30–34; Acts 9:2
- 4 Revelation 17:15; Psalm 69:15; Revelation 12:15–16; Isaiah 8:7–8; Psalm 69:2
- 5 Job 38:11; Jeremiah 5:22; Psalm 93:3–4
- 6 Psalm 118:13; Exodus 15:9–10; Psalm 145:5–6; Isaiah 10:14–19; Psalm 17:9
- 7 Psalm 91:3; Proverbs 6:5; 2 Timothy 2:26; Psalm 25:15; 1 Samuel 25:29
- 8 Psalm 121:2; Acts 4:24; Jeremiah 32:17; Psalm 146:5–6; Psalm 115:15
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Let this singer ascend; and let this man sing from the heart of each of you, and let each of you be this man, for when each of you saith this, since ye are all one in Christ, one man saith this; and saith not, "Unto Thee, O Lord, have" we "lift up" our "eyes;" but, "Unto Thee, O Lord, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
For the Framer [Demiurge] of the entire universe made promise to David, as David himself declares: "My help is from God, who made heaven and earth;" and again: "In His hand are the ends of the earth, and the heights of the mountains are His.
… by the love of freedom from care; that we may lift our hearts unto Thee where Thy Spirit is "borne over the waters;" and that we may come to that pre-eminent rest, when our soul shall have passed through the waters which have no substance. Chapter VIII — That Nothing Whatever, Short of God, Can Yield to the Rational Creature …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
… (Demiurge), thus speaks in Deuteronomy: "Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth." Again, David saying that his help came from the Lord, asserts: "My help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth." And Esaias confesses that words were uttered by God, who made heaven and earth, and …