Psalm 124

 

A song of ascents.  Of David.

 

 

1                    If the LORD had not been on our side—let Israel say—

 

2                    if the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us,

 

3                    when their anger flared against us, they would have swallowed us alive;

 

4                    the flood would have engulfed us, the torrent would have swept over us,

 

5                    the raging waters would have swept us away.

 

6                    Praise be to the LORD, who has not let us be torn by their teeth.

 

7                    We have escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare; the snare has been broken, and we have escaped.

 

8                    Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.