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 degrees of David. If [it had not been] the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel 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 quick, 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 hath escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: 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 name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.