Psalms 124:6-8

124:6 The Lord deserves praise, ¹ 

for ²  he did not hand us over as prey to their teeth.

124:7 We escaped with our lives, ³  like a bird from a hunter’s snare.

The snare broke, and we escaped.

124:8 Our deliverer is the Lord, ⁴ 

the Creator ⁵  of heaven and earth.

[124:6]  ¹ tn Heb “blessed [be] the Lord.”

[124:6]  ² tn Heb “[the one] who.”

[124:7]  ³ tn Heb “our life escaped.”

[124:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “our help [is] in the name of the Lord.”

[124:8]  ⁵ tn Or “Maker.”