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Psalm 124

Psa. 124:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Blessed
barak (Hebrew #1288)
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
KJV usage: X abundantly, X altogether, X at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, X greatly, X indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, X still, thank.
Pronounce: baw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
be the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, who hath not given
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
us as a prey
tereph (Hebrew #2964)
something torn, i.e. a fragment, e.g. a fresh leaf, prey, food
KJV usage: leaf, meat, prey, spoil.
Pronounce: teh'-ref
Origin: from 2963
to their teeth
shen (Hebrew #8127)
a tooth (as sharp); specifically (for 8143) ivory; figuratively, a cliff
KJV usage: crag, X forefront, ivory, X sharp, tooth.
Pronounce: shane
Origin: from 8150
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Ministry on This Verse

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who hath not.
Psa. 17:9• 9From the wicked that destroy me, my deadly enemies, who compass me about. (Psa. 17:9)
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Psa. 118:13• 13Thou hast thrust hard at me that I might fall; but Jehovah helped me. (Psa. 118:13)
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Psa. 145:5‑6• 5I will speak of the glorious splendour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.
 6And they shall tell of the might of thy terrible acts; and thy great deeds will I declare. (Psa. 145:5‑6)
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Ex. 15:9‑10• 9The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my soul shall be sated upon them; I will unsheath my sword, my hand shall dispossess them.
 10Thou didst blow with thy breath, the sea covered them; They sank as lead in the mighty waters. (Ex. 15:9‑10)
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Judg. 5:30‑31• 30Have they not found, divided the booty, A damsel, two damsels, to each? A booty of dyed stuffs for Sisera, A booty of dyed stuffs of embroidery, Dyed stuff of double embroidery for the neck of a spoiler?
 31So let all thine enemies perish, Jehovah! But let them that love him be as the rising of the sun in its might. And the land had rest forty years. (Judg. 5:30‑31)
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1 Sam. 26:20• 20And now, let not my blood fall to the earth far from the face of Jehovah; for the king of Israel is come out to seek a single flea, as when they hunt a partridge on the mountains. (1 Sam. 26:20)
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Isa. 10:14‑19• 14and my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the peoples, and as one gathereth forsaken eggs, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or chirped.
 15--Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? shall the saw magnify itself against him that wieldeth it? As if the rod should wield them that lift it up; as if the staff should lift up him who is not wood!
 16Therefore shall the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness, and under his glory he shall kindle a burning, like the burning of a fire:
 17and 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 briars in one day,
 18and it shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body; and they shall be as when a sick man fainteth.
 19And the remainder of the trees of his forest shall be few: yea, a child might write them. (Isa. 10:14‑19)
• They bless the Lord, for through His help they have escaped the designs of the enemies (vs. 6-8). (“Book 5.” by B. Anstey)
• (vv. 6-7) They bless the Lord for not having left them as a helpless prey to their enemies, and for breaking the snares by which they had been held in bondage. (“Psalms 124” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Blessed be Jehovah, who gave us not up a prey to their teeth!