Psalm 124

Psalm 124
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Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV, Common Worship Psalter, ASB Psalter, and BCP Psalter) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- Hebrew Interlinear Bible, WLCv, WLC5, CHES, AV.
- The Bible Gateway: NRSV, RSV, 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Historical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts: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
- "If It Wasn't For God," meditations on the Psalms by Sylvia Purdie, 2015.
- The Timeless Psalms: Psalm 124, Joan Stott, prayers and meditations based on lectionary Psalms, 2014.
- The Timeless Psalms: Psalm 124, Joan Stott, prayers and meditations based on lectionary Psalms, 2012.
- "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."
Recommended articles from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are linked below. ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of 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.
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  EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
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:
- The Timeless Psalms: Psalm 124, Joan Stott, prayers and meditations based on lectionary Psalms, 2014.
- Responsive Liturgical Paraphrase at The Billabong by Rev Jeff Shrowder, Uniting Church in Australia:
  - Proper A16/Ordinary A21
  - Proper B21/Ordinary B26
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:
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- The Seedbed Psalter, with selected tunes for singing.
- 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.
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Study Links and Resources for the Book of Psalms