< 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; of 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 had 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 had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
5 then the raging waters would have swept us away.
Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
6 Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.
Blessed be the LORD, who hath 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 is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.