Psalms 124 · Verse 6

Psalms 124:6

Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
Psalms 124:6, King James Version

Psalms 124:6 in other translations

BSBBlessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.
WEBBlessed be the LORD, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.
ASVBlessed be Jehovah, Who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
YLTBlessed is Jehovah who hath not given us, A prey to their teeth.
DARBYBlessed be Jehovah, who gave us not up a prey to their teeth!
BBEPraise be to the Lord, who has not let us be wounded by their teeth.
WebsterBlessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

What does Psalms 124:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 124:6-7
6-7. 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 124:6-8
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 Lord has led him. Let us rejoice that our help for the time to come is in him who made heaven and earth.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Psalms 124:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בָּר֥וּךְba.Rukh[be] blessedH1288
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
שֶׁלֹּ֥אshe.Lo'who notH3808
נְתָנָ֥נוּne.ta.Na.nuhe has given usH5414
טֶ֝֗רֶףTe.refpreyH2964
לְשִׁנֵּיהֶֽם\׃le.shi.nei.Hemto teeth theirH8127

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 124:6

  • Psalms 118:13

    Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the Lord helped me.

  • 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. Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.

  • Psalms 145:5-6

    I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works. And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.

  • 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. Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood. Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire. And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day; …

  • Psalms 17:9

    From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.

  • 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? So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
who hath not.
17:9; 118:13; 145:5,6; Ex 15:9,10; Jud 5:30,31; 1Sa 26:20
Isa 10:14-19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 124:5

    Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

  • Psalms 124:6

    Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

  • Psalms 124:7

    Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

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Psalms 124:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Bendito Jehová, que no nos dió por presa á sus dientes.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Béni soit l’ Éternel, qui ne nous a pas livrés en proie à leurs dents!
German
Elberfelder 1871		Gepriesen sei Jehova, der uns nicht zum Raube gab ihren Zähnen!