Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in Psalms 124:1

“If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;”

Psalms 124:1 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in Psalms 124:1, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of Psalms 124. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

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

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

3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 14 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • Romans 8:31What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
  • Psalms 56:9When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.
  • Psalms 54:4Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.
  • Psalms 120:1In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
  • Hebrews 13:5Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
  • Psalms 118:6The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?
  • Psalms 94:17Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
  • Isaiah 8:9Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall b…
  • Psalms 125:1They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
  • Psalms 121:1I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
  • Psalms 27:1The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
  • Psalms 46:7The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
  • Psalms 127:1Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
  • Psalms 128:1Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.

More to meet God in Psalms

Psalms 23:1Psalms 46:10Psalms 91:1Psalms 27:1Psalms 139:14Psalms 34:18Psalms 118:24Psalms 46:1Psalms 37:4Psalms 121:1Psalms 19:1Psalms 51:10Psalms 118:6Psalms 30:5

How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.