Psalms 124 — Jamieson–Fausset–Brown
124:1–2
1-2. on our side--for us (Psa 56:9). now--or, "oh! let Israel"
124:3
3. Then--that is, the time of our danger. quick--literally, "living" (Nu 16:32, 33), description of ferocity.
124:4–5
4-5. (Compare Psa 18:4, 16).
124:6–7
6-7. The figure is changed to that of a rapacious wild beast (Psa 3:7), and then of a fowler (Psa 91:3), and complete escape is denoted by breaking the net.
124:8
8. (Compare Psa 121:2). name--in the usual sense (Psa 5:11; 20:1). He thus places over against the great danger the omnipotent God, and drowns, as it were in an anthem, the wickedness of the whole world and of hell, just as a great fire consumes a little drop of water [Luther].