New English Translation
Psalms 124:6
6The Lord deserves praise, for he did not hand us over as prey to their teeth.
Psalms 124:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
- New International Version (NIV)Praise be to the Lord, who has not let us be torn by their teeth.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us as prey to their teeth!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Blessed be the Lord, Who has not given us as prey to their teeth.
Context of Psalms 124:6
4The water would have overpowered us; the current would have overwhelmed us. 5The raging water would have overwhelmed us. The Lord deserves praise, for he did not hand us over as prey to their teeth. 7We escaped with our lives, like a bird from a hunter’s snare. The snare broke, and we escaped. 8Our deliverer is the Lord, the Creator of heaven and earth.
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בָּר֥וּךְ יְהוָ֑ה שֶׁלֹּ֥א נְתָנָ֥נוּ טֶ֝֗רֶף לְשִׁנֵּיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 124:6
- Psalms 17:9Protect me from the wicked men who attack me, my enemies who crowd around me for the kill.
- Psalms 118:13“You aggressively attacked me and tried to knock me down, but the Lord helped me.
- Psalms 145:5I will focus on your honor and majestic splendor, and your amazing deeds!
- Exodus 15:9The enemy said, ‘I will chase, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword, my hand will destroy them.’
- Judges 5:30‘No doubt they are gathering and dividing the plunder – a girl or two for each man to rape! Sisera is grabbing up colorful cloth, he is grabbing up colorful embroidered cloth, two pieces of colorful embroidered cloth, for the neck of the plunderer!’
- 1 Samuel 26:20Now don’t let my blood fall to the ground away from the Lord’s presence, for the king of Israel has gone out to look for a flea the way one looks for a partridge in the hill country.”
- Isaiah 10:14My hand discovered the wealth of the nations, as if it were in a nest, as one gathers up abandoned eggs, I gathered up the whole earth. There was no wing flapping, or open mouth chirping.”
Commentaries on Psalms 124:6
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Blessed be the Lord - The Lord be praised; or, We have reason to praise the Lord because we have been delivered from these calamities. Who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth - The figure is here changed, though the same idea is retained. The imago is now that of destruction by wild beasts - a form of destruction not less fearful than that which comes from overflowing waters. Such changes of imagery constantly occur in the Book of Psalms, and in…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-8Verses 6-8 God is the Author of all our deliverances, and he must have the glory. The enemies lay snares for God's people, to bring them into sin and trouble, and to hold them there. Sometimes they seem to prevail; but in the Lord let us put our trust, and we shall not be put to confusion. The believer will ascribe all the honour of his salvation, to the power, mercy, and truth of God, and look back with wonder and thanksgiving on the way in which the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-8The enemies of God's people were like lions or bears that tear prey with their teeth (see Psalm 57:4; Proverbs 28:15). The Lord shut their mouths (Daniel 6:22).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-76-7. 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.Read the comment
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Psalms 124
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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