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Psalms 124:8

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

Our help [is] in the name of the Lord,.... This is the conclusion the church draws from the scene of Providence in her favour; this is the instruction she learns from hence, that her help is in the Lord only, and not in any creature; and that it is right to put her trust and confidence in the Lord for it, and only to expect it from him whose name is in himself; and is a strong tower to flee unto for safety, Pr 18:10.

The Targum is,"in the name of the Word of the Lord;''in the Messiah; in whom the name of the Lord is, his nature and perfections; and in whom help is found, being laid upon him, Ex 23:21;who made heaven and earth; and therefore must be able to help his people, and to do more for them than they are able to ask or think: for what is it he cannot do that made the heavens and the earth, and all that is in them?

see Ps 121:1.

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