Psalms 124:6 · KJV
“Blessed {be} the LORD, who hath not given us {as} a prey to their teeth.”
— Psalms 124:6
Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
Psalms 124 — Context
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
5Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
6Blessed {be} the LORD, who hath not given us {as} a prey to their teeth.
7Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
8Our help {is} in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
Cross References
Psalms 118:13
Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.
Psalms 145:5-6
I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works. {works: Heb. things, or, words}
Exodus 15:9-10
The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. {destroy: or, repossess}
Isaiah 10:14-19
And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs {that are} left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
Psalms 17:9
From the wicked that oppress me, {from} my deadly enemies, {who} compass me about. {oppress: Heb. waste} {my...: Heb. my enemies against the soul}
1 Samuel 26:20
Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.
Judges 5:30-31
Have they not sped? have they {not} divided the prey; to every man a damsel {or} two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, {meet} for the necks of {them that take} the spoil? {every...: Heb. the head of a man}