Psalms 124:6
4 then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,
5 then the raging waters would have swept us away.
Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.
7 We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.
8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.
- KJV
- Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
- WEB
- Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.
- ASV
- Blessed be Jehovah, Who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
- DARBY
- Blessed be Jehovah, who gave us not up a prey to their teeth!
- BLB
- Blessed [be] YHWH, who has not given us as prey to their teeth!
- ÅB
- Lovet være Herren, som ikke gav oss til rov for deres tenner!
- OTB
- Lovet være Herren,
Som ikke har latt oss bli revet i stykker av deres tenner. - B1930
- Lovet være Herren, som ikke gav oss til rov for deres tenner!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 118:13
I was pushed so hard I was falling, but the LORD helped me.
Read in contextExodus 15:9–10
The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’
Read in contextPsalms 145:5–6
the glorious splendor of Your majesty. And I will meditate on Your wondrous works.
Read in contextIsaiah 10:14–19
My hand reached as into a nest to seize the wealth of the nations. Like one gathering abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth. No wing fluttered, no beak opened or chirped.’”
Read in contextPsalms 17:9
from the wicked who assail me, from my mortal enemies who surround me.
Read in context1 Samuel 26:20
So do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to look for a flea, like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”
Read in contextJudges 5:30–31
‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil— a girl or two for each warrior, a plunder of dyed garments for Sisera, the spoil of embroidered garments for the neck of the looter?’
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