< Psalms 124 >
1 A song of ascents. Of David. If the LORD had not been on our side— let Israel now declare—
A Song of Ascents. By David. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, let Israel now say,
2 if the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us,
if it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us,
3 when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,
then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us,
4 then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,
then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul.
5 then the raging waters would have swept us away.
Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.
6 Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.
Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.
7 We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.
Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
Our help is in the LORD’s name, who made heaven and earth.