Then the swollen waters
Would have [a]gone over our soul.”

Blessed be the Lord,
Who has not given us as prey to their teeth.
(A)Our soul has escaped (B)as a bird from the snare of the [b]fowlers;
The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 124:5 swept over
  2. Psalm 124:7 Persons who catch birds in a trap or snare

the raging waters
    would have swept us away.

Praise be to the Lord,
    who has not let us be torn by their teeth.
We have escaped like a bird
    from the fowler’s snare;(A)
the snare has been broken,(B)
    and we have escaped.

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