Psalm 124:8 Our Help

Psalm 124:8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth

This next song of ascents is once again Of David. Here David points to the fact that If the LORD had not been on our side in this recent struggle that we cannot specifically identify (and he wants all his people in Israel to repeat it with him) when people attacked us, when their anger flared against us, they would have swallowed us alive. David and his people would have been swallowed up in a torrent, as it were, and swept away. Now, because this has not happened, he wants to lead the people in giving praise to God. Praise be to the LORD, who has not let us be torn by their teeth he says in verse 6. He pictures their deliverance as being like a bird escaping from a fowler's snare - the snare has been broken, and we have escaped. Verse 8, the final verse of the psalm, comes then as a sort of coda that sums up the lesson learned. On behalf of his people he says Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. The God who created all things is also the God who is active in the world today. He saved David and his people, being their help in time of need. He is the God of our Lord Jesus Christ. He is the same God today and if we know his character as we should we will always go to him for help in any time of need. With our Captain and King, the Lord Jesus Christ we say Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.