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I. ACKNOWLEDGED AS THE DELIVERER FROM GREAT TROUBLES (vers. 1-5).

1. The words represent the great troubles from which the Almighty wrought deliverance, as springing out of the hostility of man.

2. The hostility of man is represented by two figures —

(1)  As the rage of wild beasts (ver. 3).

(2)  As the rage of rushing waters (vers. 4, 5).

II. PRAISED AS THE DELIVERER FROM GREAT TROUBLES (vers. 6, 7).

1. Temporal. Israel in Babylonian exile.

2. Spiritual. Without figure, the unregenerate soul is in thraldom, and the Gospel alone can deliver it.

III. TRUSTED AS THE DELIVERER FROM GREAT TROUBLES (ver. 8). This trust is founded —

1. On His past goodness.

2. On His glorious name.

3. On His unbounded resources.

(Homilist.)

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KJV: {A Song of degrees of David.} If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;

WEB: If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, let Israel now say,