Psalms 124:6
Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.
BSB
ASV
Blessed be Jehovah, Who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
KJV
Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
What then is our duty, my brothers, for the sake of these things, but to praise and give thanks to God, the king of all? And let us first exclaim in the words of the psalms, "Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us over as a prey to their teeth." Let us keep the feast in that way that he has dedicated for us unto salvation—the holy day Easter—so that we may celebrate the feast which is in heaven with the angels.
God's people are taken in the snare, and are as unable to help themselves out as any weak and silly bird is; and then is God's time to appear for their relief, when all other friends fail; then God breaks the snare, and turns the counsel of the enemies into foolishness: The snare is broken and so we are delivered. Isaac was saved when he lay ready to be sacrificed.
Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. Leaving the metaphor of a boiling flood, he compares the adversaries of Israel to wild beasts who desired to make the godly their prey. Their teeth are prepared to tear, and they regard the godly as their victims. The Lord is heartily praised for not permitting his servants to be devoured when they were between the jaws of the raging ones.
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Psalms 118:13I was pushed so hard I was falling, but the LORD helped me.
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Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked. Keep me safe from men of violence who scheme to make me stumble.
Show me a sign of Your goodness, that my enemies may see and be ashamed; for You, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me.
Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.
Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
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Psalms 17:9from the wicked who assail me, from my mortal enemies who surround me.
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For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.
You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the schemes of men. You conceal them in Your shelter from accusing tongues.