PSALM 124

Praise for Rescue from Enemies.

A Song of Ascents, of David.

1
“Had it not been the LORD who was on our side,
Let Israel now say,

2
“Had it not been the LORD who was on our side
When men rose up against us,

3
Then they would have swallowed us alive,
When their anger was kindled against us;

4
Then the waters would have engulfed us,
The stream would have swept over our soul;

5
Then the raging waters would have swept over our soul.

6
Blessed be the LORD,
Who has not given us to be torn by their teeth.

7
Our soul has escaped as a bird out of the snare of the trapper;
The snare is broken and we have escaped.

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