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They would have been like deep water over our heads
    that drowned us.[a]

We should praise the Lord!
He did not let our enemies destroy us,
    like wild animals that kill their food and eat it.
Now we have become free,
    like a bird that got free out of a trap.
Our enemies lost their power, and we are free![b]

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Footnotes

  1. 124:5 The rivers and deep water are pictures of the power of the enemy.
  2. 124:7 A trap is something to catch an animal or bird in. David felt that Israel was in a trap. But God made them free!