Psalms 124:1

Psalms 124:1 says, A Song of degrees of David.  This is identified as a song of degrees by David, then verse one says, If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;  David said that the people of Isreal had to acknowledge that God was on their side, or maybe more accurately that they were on His side.  God didn't endorse what they did, but they did what God endorsed, and so it is with Christians today.  Verse two adds, If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:  Verse three continues, Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:  David said that if God had not been with them when their enemies came against them that Isreal would have been swallowed up.  This same God protects us today when we are surrounded by enemies, and He will always keep us from being defeated spiritually.   Verse four states, Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:  Verse five adds, Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.  David said that the people of Isreal were in a position where they would have drowned if God had not been their protector.  If we feel that we are drawing in the problems of life, we as followers of Christ only need to look to God in faith for answers.  Verse six declares, Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.  David said that people of Israel should bless God, because He had kept them from being prey for their enemies.  We have even more reason to bless, or praise God, because Jesus Christ, the Messiah, has already come.  Verse seven adds, Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.  As Christians, our soul has escaped out of the snare of sin, as David said then, like a bird out of the snare of the fowler.  We are set free from sin not to just barely survive, but to soar as a bird will when set free.  Verse eight adds, Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.  Just like David, our only hope is in God, the Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer of life.