Psalms 124:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:

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  • Num 16:2-3 : 2 And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty leaders of the assembly, distinguished in the congregation, men of renown. 3 And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, You take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation is holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: why then do you lift yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?
  • Ps 3:1 : 1 LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! Many are they that rise up against me.
  • Ps 21:1-2 : 1 The king shall rejoice in your strength, O LORD; and in your salvation, how greatly shall he rejoice! 2 You have given him his heart's desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.
  • Ps 22:12-13 : 12 Many bulls have surrounded me; strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me. 13 They gaped at me with their mouths, like a ravening and roaring lion.
  • Ps 22:16 : 16 For dogs have surrounded me; the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me; they pierced my hands and my feet.
  • Ps 37:32 : 32 The wicked watch the righteous, and seek to slay him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, let Israel now say;

  • Ps 124:3-6
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    3Then they would have swallowed us alive, when their wrath was kindled against us:

    4Then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul:

    5Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

    6Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.

  • Ps 94:16-17
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    16Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

    17Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.

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    6The LORD is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?

    7The LORD takes my part with those who help me; therefore, I will see my desire upon those who hate me.

    8It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.

  • 13You thrust hard at me that I might fall, but the LORD helped me.

  • Ps 115:1-2
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    1Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but to Your name give glory, for Your mercy and for Your truth's sake.

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

  • 8Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

  • Ps 126:1-3
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    1When the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream.

    2Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then they said among the nations, The LORD has done great things for them.

    3The LORD has done great things for us; whereof we are glad.

  • 13I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

  • Ps 108:12-13
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    12Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.

    13Through God we shall do valiantly: for He it is who shall tread down our enemies.

  • 27Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should misbehave themselves, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD has not done all this.

  • 19They confronted me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my support.

  • 3If you, LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who can stand?

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    1LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! Many are they that rise up against me.

  • 6Blessed be the LORD, because he has heard the voice of my supplications.

  • Ps 129:1-2
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    1Many times have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:

    2Many times have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.

  • 14O God, the proud have risen against me, and a mob of violent men have sought my soul, and have not set You before them.

  • 18They confronted me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my support.

  • 2O LORD, be gracious to us; we have waited for you. Be their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

  • Ps 123:3-4
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    3Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us, for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

    4Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorn of those who are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

  • Ps 54:3-4
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    3For strangers have risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.

    4Behold, God is my helper: the Lord is with those who uphold my soul.

  • 7But You have saved us from our enemies, and have put them to shame that hated us.

  • 17For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way we went, and among all the people through whom we passed:

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    11See, how they repay us, to come to cast us out of Your possession, which You have given us to inherit.

    12O our God, will You not judge them? For we have no power against this great company that comes against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.

  • 12The LORD has been mindful of us; He will bless us; He will bless the house of Israel; He will bless the house of Aaron.

  • 4Lest my enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those who trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

  • 23This is the LORD's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.

  • 7Show your marvelous lovingkindness, O you who save by your right hand those who put their trust in you from those who rise up against them.

  • 8They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.

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    10Will You not, O God, who had cast us off? And You, O God, who did not go out with our armies?

    11Give us help from trouble, for vain is the help of man.

    12Through God we shall do valiantly, for He it is who shall tread down our enemies.

  • 7The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

  • 4Our fathers trusted in You; they trusted, and You delivered them.

  • 18The LORD has chastened me severely, but He has not given me over to death.

  • 1God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.