Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
Psalm 124:6 belongs to the Psalms of Ascent, Psalms 120 to 134, sung by pilgrims as they approached Jerusalem as part of worship that prepared their hearts as they neared the holy city. Psalm 124 is a song of thanksgiving and praise for deliverance that celebrates God's help and protection. It blesses the Lord for rescuing and preserving His people from enemies who would otherwise have devoured and destroyed them, pictured as prey caught in their teeth. The escape it celebrates is the Lord's protection, not the people's own achievement.
It expresses blessing from an overflowing grateful heart made glad in the Lord after crying out of the depths with overwhelmed spirit under waves and billows, waiting patiently until the Lord inclined and heard, brought up out of a horrible pit and miry clay, set the feet upon a rock and established the goings, and put a new song of praise in the mouth. It means the Lord was on His people's side when men rose up against them with kindled wrath, keeping them from being swallowed up alive and keeping the waters and stream and proud waters from going over the soul by refusing to give them as prey to teeth. It means the soul escaped like a bird out of the fowler's snare when the snare was broken, because help is in the name of the Lord who made heaven and earth.
It applies to the cause, which survived perils that threatened to destroy it because the Lord was on its side. It applies to the advent message's survival and progress despite fierce opposition from outside foes, whom God did not let overcome it. It applies to the church's deliverance from fierce opposition to its school and work. It expresses gratitude to God for delivering His people from destruction and belongs to a reading that shows God as His people's refuge, prompting gratitude for His protection after a college fire caused no deaths or physical injuries and the loss was limited.
Psalm 124:6 belongs to the Psalms of Ascent, Psalms 120 to 134, sung by pilgrims as they approached Jerusalem as part of worship that prepared their hearts as they neared the holy city. Psalm 124 is a song of thanksgiving and praise for deliverance that celebrates God's help and protection. It blesses the Lord for rescuing and preserving His people from enemies who would otherwise have devoured and destroyed them, pictured as prey caught in their teeth. The escape it celebrates is the Lord's protection, not the people's own achievement.
It expresses blessing from an overflowing grateful heart made glad in the Lord after crying out of the depths with overwhelmed spirit under waves and billows, waiting patiently until the Lord inclined and heard, brought up out of a horrible pit and miry clay, set the feet upon a rock and established the goings, and put a new song of praise in the mouth. It means the Lord was on His people's side when men rose up against them with kindled wrath, keeping them from being swallowed up alive and keeping the waters and stream and proud waters from going over the soul by refusing to give them as prey to teeth. It means the soul escaped like a bird out of the fowler's snare when the snare was broken, because help is in the name of the Lord who made heaven and earth.
It applies to the cause, which survived perils that threatened to destroy it because the Lord was on its side. It applies to the advent message's survival and progress despite fierce opposition from outside foes, whom God did not let overcome it. It applies to the church's deliverance from fierce opposition to its school and work. It expresses gratitude to God for delivering His people from destruction and belongs to a reading that shows God as His people's refuge, prompting gratitude for His protection after a college fire caused no deaths or physical injuries and the loss was limited.