Psalm 124
- Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV, Common Worship Psalter, ASB Psalter, and BCP Psalter) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- The Bible Gateway: NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance, commentaries.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons.
- Historical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
- III.X.3, IV.II.1, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
- From Augustine's Exposition on the Psalms.
- Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
- From the Geneva Notes.
- From Matthew Henry's Commentary.
- From Wesley's Notes.
- From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
- "God on Our Side?" Russell Rathbun, The Hardest Question, 2011.
- "What does it mean to have God on our side when we are defeated and suffering?"
- Psalm
124,
Pentecost 17B, Weekly Comments on the Revised Common
Lectionary, Howard Wallace Audrey Schindler, Morag Logan, Paul Tonson, Lorraine Parkinson, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church,
Melbourne, Australia.
- "The military overtones of some of the language might seem to prohibit the use of the psalm fully in worship but parts of it lend themselves to liturgical use."
-
19th Sunday after Pentecost: Psalm 124, The Autumn Leaves: Pages from
the Psalter for Late Pentecost, James Limburg, Texts in Context, Word &
World, Luther Seminary, 1992.
- "The primary example of the Lord's delivering activity in the Old Testament is always the exodus."
- "God on Our Side?" Russell Rathbun, The Hardest Question, 2011.
- Articles & Background:
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
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selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Limburg, James,
"The Autumn Leaves: Pages from the Psalter for Late Pentecost," Word
& World, 1992. (The section on this text begins on page 274.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - McCarter, P Kyle, Jr., "River Ordeal in Israelite
Literature," Harvard Theological Review, 1973.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Limburg, James,
"The Autumn Leaves: Pages from the Psalter for Late Pentecost," Word
& World, 1992. (The section on this text begins on page 274.)
- Reviews:
- Sermons:
- With Children:
- "Our Soul Is Escaped as a Bird from the Fowlers," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
- Drama:
- Liturgy:
- Responsive Liturgical Paraphrase at The Billabong by Rev Jeff Shrowder, Uniting Church in Australia:
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Commercial Site: "If You Had Not Been With Us," (Psalm 124) The Work of the People, Films/Visual Liturgy based on RCL texts.
- Hymns and Music:
- Contemporary/Praise Song suggestions, Together to Celebrate, David MacGregor.
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Psalm 124. The Cyber Hymnal.
- Hymn Selections, The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship.
- "If the Lord Had Not Been on Our Side," lyrics, midi, sheet music, mp3. Stephen J. Pearson, The Psalmistry. See Terms of Use.
- Psalm 124 set to St Anne (CM 86 86) by Dale A. Schoening, Metrical Psalms.
- Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
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- Study Links and Resources for the Book of Psalms
