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Psalm 124
Psalm 124
1 If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, now may Israel say;
2 If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us:
3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
6 Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
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Verse 3
<html><b>when their anger was kindled against us</b> Heb. בחרות, “when their anger was kindled against us,” is the same form as בעשות, “when he made.”</html>
Verse 4
<html><b>illness</b> Heb. נחלה, Hehhhhddan expression of illness (חלי).</html>
Verse 7
<html><b>Our soul escaped like a bird</b> [It escaped] from them like a bird that escaped from the hunter’s snare.</html>