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Blessed be the Lord,
    who did not give us as prey to their teeth.
We have escaped like a bird
    from the snare of the fowlers;
the snare was broken,
    and we escaped.[a]
Our help is in the name of the Lord,
    the Maker of heaven and earth.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 124:7 A triumphant note underlies this verse: we escaped by the Lord’s doing; therefore, he is to be praised.
  2. Psalm 124:8 The psalm culminates in the great confession (see note on Ps 121:2).