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Help from the Creator
Commentators unanimously highlight that our help comes from the one "who made heaven and earth." This isn't just a title; it's the foundation of our confidence. The same infinite power that created everything is available to deliver us. As Albert Barnes notes, our deliverance is a work that could only be accomplished by the Creator of all things.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 124:8
18th Century
Theologian
Our help is in the name of the Lord - In the Lord; in the great Yahweh. See (Psalms 121:2).
Who made heaven and earth …
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 124:8
19th Century
Bishop
Who made. —See Note on Psalms 121:2.
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 124:7–8
19th Century
Preacher
Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
Our help is in the name…
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John Calvin
On Psalms 124:8
16th Century
Theologian
Our help is in the name of Jehovah. David here extends to the state of the Church in all ages that which the faithful had already experien…
John Gill
On Psalms 124:8
17th Century
Pastor
Our help [is] in the name of the Lord
This is the conclusion the church draws from the scene of Providence in her fa…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 124:6–8
17th Century
Minister
God is the Author of all our deliverances, and he must have the glory. The enemies lay snares for God's people, to bring them into sin and trouble,…