The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 124:8

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Our help is in the Name of the Lord. "Our help is," and has always been, "in the Name"—i.e. in the manifested might—"of the Lord." It is he that has been "on our side," that has "helped" us, saved us, and delivered us. Who made heaven and earth (comp. Psalms 121:2; Psalms 134:3).

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