Psalms 124:1

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<A Song of the going up. Of David.> If it had not been the Lord who was on our side (let Israel now say);

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  • Ps 129:1 : 1 <A Song of the going up.> Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young (let Israel now say);
  • Ps 54:4 : 4 See, God is my helper: the Lord is the great supporter of my soul.
  • Ps 120:1 : 1 <A Song of the going up.> In my trouble my cry went up to the Lord, and he gave me an answer.
  • Rom 8:31 : 31 What may we say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?
  • Ps 27:1 : 1 <Of David.> The Lord is my light and my salvation; who is then a cause of fear to me? the Lord is the strength of my life; who is a danger to me?
  • Ps 121:1 : 1 <A Song of the going up.> My eyes are lifted up to the hills: O where will my help come from?
  • Ps 56:9 : 9 When I send up my cry to you, my haters will be turned back; I am certain of this, for God is with me.
  • Ps 94:17 : 17 If the Lord had not been my helper, my soul would quickly have gone down into death.
  • Ps 118:6-7 : 6 The Lord is on my side; I will have no fear: what is man able to do to me? 7 The Lord is my great helper: I will see my desire against my haters.
  • Ps 130:1 : 1 <A Song of the going up.> Out of the deep have I sent up my cry to you, O Lord.
  • Ps 131:1 : 1 <A Song of the going up. Of David.> Lord, there is no pride in my heart and my eyes are not lifted up; and I have not taken part in great undertakings, or in things over-hard for me.
  • Ps 132:1 : 1 <A Song of the going up.> Lord, give thought to David, and to all his troubles;
  • Ps 133:1 : 1 <A Song of the going up. Of David.> See how good and how pleasing it is for brothers to be living together in harmony!
  • Ps 134:1 : 1 <A Song of the going up.> Give praise to the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, who take your places in the house of the Lord by night.
  • Isa 8:9-9 : 9 Have knowledge, O peoples, and be in fear; give ear, all you far-off parts of the earth: 10 Let your designs be formed, and they will come to nothing; give your orders, and they will not be effected: for God is with us.
  • Ps 122:1 : 1 <A Song of the going up. Of David.> I was glad because they said to me, We will go into the house of the Lord.
  • Ps 123:1 : 1 <A Song of the going up.> To you my eyes are lifted up, even to you whose seat is in the heavens.
  • Ps 125:1 : 1 <A Song of the going up.> Those whose hope is in the Lord are like the mountain of Zion, which may not be moved, but keeps its place for ever.
  • Ps 126:1 : 1 <A Song of the going up.> When the Lord made a change in Zion's fate, we were like men in a dream.
  • Ps 127:1 : 1 <A Song of the going up. Of Solomon.> If the Lord is not helping the builders, then the building of a house is to no purpose: if the Lord does not keep the town, the watchman keeps his watch for nothing.
  • Ps 128:1 : 1 <A Song of the going up.> Happy is the worshipper of the Lord, who is walking in his ways.
  • Ps 46:7 : 7 The Lord of armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our high tower. (Selah.)
  • Ps 46:11 : 11 The Lord of armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our high tower. (Selah.)
  • Heb 13:5-6 : 5 Be free from the love of money and pleased with the things which you have; for he himself has said, I will be with you at all times. 6 So that we say with a good heart, The Lord is my helper; I will have no fear: what is man able to do to me?
  • Exod 15:1 : 1 Then Moses and the children of Israel made this song to the Lord, and said, I will make a song to the Lord, for he is lifted up in glory: the horse and the horseman he has sent down into the sea.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 124:2-6
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    96%

    2If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men came up against us;

    3They would have made a meal of us while still living, in the heat of their wrath against us:

    4We would have been covered by the waters; the streams would have gone over our soul;

    5Yes, the waters of pride would have gone over our soul.

    6Praise be to the Lord, who has not let us be wounded by their teeth.

  • Ps 94:17
    76%

    17If the Lord had not been my helper, my soul would quickly have gone down into death.

  • Ps 129:1
    73%

    1<A Song of the going up.> Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young (let Israel now say);

  • Ps 115:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name let glory be given, because of your mercy and your unchanging faith.

    2Why may the nations say, Where is now their God?

  • Ps 126:1-3
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    72%

    1<A Song of the going up.> When the Lord made a change in Zion's fate, we were like men in a dream.

    2Then our mouths were full of laughing, and our tongues gave a glad cry; they said among the nations, The Lord has done great things for them.

    3The Lord has done great things for us; because of which we are glad.

  • Ps 118:2
    72%

    2Let Israel now say, that his mercy is unchanging for ever.

  • Ps 124:8
    72%

    8Our help is in the name of the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.

  • Ps 118:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6The Lord is on my side; I will have no fear: what is man able to do to me?

    7The Lord is my great helper: I will see my desire against my haters.

  • Ps 27:13
    71%

    13I had almost given up my hope of seeing the blessing of the Lord in the land of the living.

  • Ps 118:23-24
    2 verses
    71%

    23This is the Lord's doing; it is a wonder in our eyes.

    24This is the day which the Lord has made; we will be full of joy and delight in it.

  • Ps 118:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13I have been hard pushed by you, so that I might have a fall: but the Lord was my helper.

    14The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.

  • Ps 115:12
    71%

    12The Lord has kept us in mind and will give us his blessing; he will send blessings on the house of Israel and on the house of Aaron.

  • Ps 28:6
    71%

    6May the Lord be praised, because he has given ear to the voice of my prayer.

  • Ps 130:3
    70%

    3O Jah, if you took note of every sin, who would go free?

  • Deut 32:27
    70%

    27But for the fear that their haters, uplifted in their pride, might say, Our hand is strong, the Lord has not done all this.

  • Josh 24:17
    69%

    17For it is the Lord our God who has taken us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house, and who did all those great signs before our eyes, and kept us safe on all our journeys, and among all the peoples through whom we went:

  • Ps 106:47-48
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    69%

    47Be our saviour, O Lord our God, and let us come back together from among the nations, so that we may give honour to your holy name, and have glory in your praise.

    48Praise be to the Lord God of Israel for ever and for ever; and let all the people say, So be it. Give praise to the Lord.

  • Ps 33:12
    69%

    12Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he has taken for his heritage.

  • Ps 115:9
    69%

    9O Israel, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate.

  • 1 Chr 16:35
    69%

    35And say, Be our saviour, O God of our salvation, and let us come back, and give us salvation from the nations, so that we may give honour to your holy name and have glory in your praise.

  • Ps 18:31
    69%

    31For who is God but the Lord? or who is a Rock but our God?

  • Ps 144:15
    69%

    15Happy is the nation whose ways are so ordered: yes, happy is the nation whose God is the Lord.

  • Ps 122:1
    69%

    1<A Song of the going up. Of David.> I was glad because they said to me, We will go into the house of the Lord.

  • Ps 89:18
    69%

    18For our breastplate is the Lord; and our king is the Holy One of Israel's.

  • Ps 118:16
    68%

    16The right hand of the Lord is lifted up; the right hand of the Lord does works of power.

  • 2 Sam 22:32
    68%

    32For who is God but the Lord? and who is a Rock but our God?

  • Ps 116:5
    68%

    5The Lord is full of grace and righteousness; truly, he is a God of mercy.

  • Ps 118:18
    68%

    18The hand of Jah has been hard on me; but he has not given me up to death.

  • Ps 13:4
    68%

    4And he who is against me may not say, I have overcome him; and those who are troubling me may not be glad when I am moved.

  • Ps 46:7
    68%

    7The Lord of armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our high tower. (Selah.)

  • Josh 22:24
    68%

    24And if we have not, in fact, done this designedly and with purpose, having in our minds the fear that in time to come your children might say to our children, What have you to do with the Lord, the God of Israel?

  • Ps 117:2
    68%

    2For great is his mercy to us, and his faith is unchanging for ever. Praise be to the Lord.

  • Isa 33:2
    68%

    2O Lord, have mercy on us; for we have been waiting for your help: be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of trouble.

  • Ps 144:1
    68%

    1<A Psalm. Of David.> Praise be to the God of my strength, teaching my hands the use of the sword, and my fingers the art of fighting:

  • 2 Sam 22:19
    68%

    19They came on me in the day of my trouble: but the Lord was my support.

  • Ps 123:4
    68%

    4For long enough have men of pride made sport of our soul.

  • Ps 116:12
    68%

    12What may I give to the Lord for all the good things which he has done for me?

  • Ps 7:3
    68%

    3O Lord my God, if I have done this; if my hands have done any wrong;

  • Ps 108:12
    68%

    12Give us help in our trouble; for there is no help in man.