Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.
PSALM 124 The Church having been providentially delivered from extreme peril, David exhorts true believers to thanksgiving, and teaches them by this memorable example, that their safety depends solely upon the grace and power of God. A Song of Degrees of David. Psalm 124:1-5 1. But for Jehovah, who was on our side, may Israel now say; 2.
Commenting on Psalm 124:1-8
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.
Here the psalmist further magnifies the great deliverance God had lately wrought for them. I. That their hearts might be the more enlarged in thankfulness to him (Psa 124:6): Blessed be the Lord. God is the author of all our deliverances, and therefore he must have the glory of them. We rob him of his due if we do not return thanks to him.
Commenting on Psalm 124:6-8