Psalms 124:8
6 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.
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
- Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
- KJV
- Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
- WEB
- Our help is in the LORD’s name, who made heaven and earth.
- ASV
- Our help is in the name of Jehovah, Who made heaven and earth. Psalm 125 A Song of Ascents.
- DARBY
- Our help is in the name of Jehovah, the maker of heavens and earth.
- BLB
- Our help [is] in the name of YHWH, the Maker of the heavens and the earth.
- ÅB
- Vår hjelp er i Herrens navn, han som gjorde himmel og jord.
- OTB
- Vår hjelp er i Herrens navn,
Som skapte himmel og jord. - B1930
- Vår hjelp er i Herrens navn, han som gjorde himmel og jord.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 121:2
My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
Read in contextActs 4:24
When the believers heard this, they lifted up their voices to God with one accord. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “You made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them.
Read in contextJeremiah 32:17
“Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!
Read in contextPsalms 146:5–6
Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
Read in contextPsalms 115:15
May you be blessed by the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
Read in contextGenesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Read in contextPsalms 134:3
May the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth, bless you from Zion.
Read in contextIsaiah 37:16–20
“O LORD of Hosts, God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.
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