Psalms 124:6 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

Psalms 124:6

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4 Then the waters would have overwhelmed us,
The stream would have¹ gone over our soul;

5 Then the swollen waters
Would have¹ gone over our soul.”

6 Blessed be the Lord,
Who has not given us as prey to their teeth.

7 ^aOur soul has escaped ^bas a bird from the snare of the¹ fowlers;
The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

8 ^aOur help is in the name of the Lord,
^bWho made heaven and earth.

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The figure is changed to that of a rapacious wild beast (Psalms 3:7), and then of a fowler (Psalms 91:3), and complete escape is denoted by breaking the net.

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