John Trapp on Psalms 124

PSAL. CXXIV.

VErſ. 1. If it had not been the Lord, &c.] God may farre better ſay than our Hen. 8, Cui adhare[illegible: 1 letter], praeſt. He whoſe part I take is ſure to prevail. But Chriſt hath ever been the Churches Champion, and hence ſhe is inſuperable. The Captain of the Lords H[illegible: 1 letter]aſts is Captain of our ſalvation, Joſh. 5.14. Heb. 2.10.

Verſ. 2. When men roſe] Monſters rather but ſuch as think themſelves the only men alive; and us, the only ſlaves and Zanies.

Verſ. 3. Then had they ſwallowed in up quick] As the great Fiſh do the little ones, as hungry Lions,Gualth praef. in Marc. R. Obad. Gaon in Pſal. 124. or Wolves, raven up their prey. Pt[illegible: 1 letter]l[illegible: 1 letter]mam Lathurus King of Aegypt ſlew thirty thouſand Jews, and compelled the living to ſeed upon the dead. Adrian the Emperour made a Decree, that hee who had not ſlain a Jew, ſhould himſelf be ſlain.

When their wrath was kindled againſt us] Heb. in the flagrancies, or [illegible: 1 word] of their anger.

Verſ. 4. Then the waters [illegible: 1 span] us] At once the red Sea did the Aegyptians, or as the general deluge did the old world.

The ſtream [illegible: 1 span] ] Neither could we have withſtood it, by any Art or induſtry.

Verſ. 5. Then the proud waters, &c. The ſame again, to note the greatneſs both of the danger, and of the deliverance. And it may teach us, not lightly to paſs over Gods great bleſſings, but to make the moſt of them.

Verſ. 6. Bleſſed be the Lord, &c.] [illegible: 1 span], thanks be to God was much in Auſtins mouth, and ſhould be [illegible: 1 span] deliverance. How was God bleſſed [illegible: 1 span].

As a prey to the [illegible: 1 word] ] Who meant to have made [illegible: 1 span] and had already devoured us in their hopes, but God [illegible: 1 word] them.

Verſ. 7. Our ſoul is [illegible: 1 word], &c.] [illegible: 1 span] Gods opportunity. See [illegible: 1 span].

The [illegible: 1 span], &c.] God [illegible: 1 span] net is broken.

Verſ. 8. [illegible: 1 span]

[illegible: 1 span] of infinite might and mercy; and ſay as thoſe good ſouls at Ebon-ezra, Hitherto God hath helped us: he hath, and therefore he will, &c.