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Psalms 124 (NET)

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Psalms 124:1¹“If the Lord had not been on our side”— let Israel say this.—Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rom 8:31 Ps 56:9 Ps 54:4 Ps 120:1 Heb 13:5-6 Ps 94:17 Ps 118:6-7 Isa 8:9-10 Ps 121:1 Ps 125:1

Psalms 124:2²if the Lord had not been on our side, when men attacked us,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 22:12-13 Ps 22:16 Ps 37:32 Ps 21:1-2 Ps 3:1 Num 16:2-3

Psalms 124:3³they would have swallowed us alive, when their anger raged against us.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 9:2 Esth 3:12-13 Matt 2:16 Num 16:30-34 Ps 35:25 Ps 57:3 Dan 3:19 Ps 27:2 1 Sam 20:30-33 Esth 3:6

Psalms 124:4⁴The water would have overpowered us; the current would have overwhelmed us.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 69:15 Rev 17:15 Rev 12:15-16 Isa 59:19 Isa 8:7-8 Jer 46:7-8 Ps 32:6 Ps 69:2 Dan 9:26 Isa 28:2

Psalms 124:5⁵The raging water would have overwhelmed us.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 5:22 Job 38:11 Ps 93:3-4

Psalms 124:6⁶The Lord deserves praise, for he did not hand us over as prey to their teeth.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 118:13 Exod 15:9-10 Ps 145:5-6 Isa 10:14-19 Ps 17:9 1 Sam 26:20 Judg 5:30-31

Psalms 124:7⁷We escaped with our lives, like a bird from a hunter’s snare. The snare broke, and we escaped.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 91:3 Prov 6:5 2 Tim 2:26 Ps 25:15 1 Sam 25:29 1 Sam 23:26-27 2 Sam 17:21-22 Jer 18:22 1 Sam 24:14-15 2 Sam 17:2

Psalms 124:8⁸Our deliverer is the Lord, the Creator of heaven and earth.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 121:2 Acts 4:24 Ps 146:5-6 Jer 32:17 Gen 1:1 Ps 115:15 Ps 134:3 Isa 37:16-20

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