Psalms 124

1 A Canticle in steps. If the Lord had not been with us, let Israel now say it:

IF it had not been the Lord who was on our side, now may Israel say;

2 if the Lord had not been with us, when men rose up against us,

If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us:

3 perhaps they would have swallowed us alive. When their fury was enraged against us,

Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:

4 perhaps the waters would have engulfed us.

Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:

5 Our soul has passed through a torrent. Perhaps, our soul had even passed through intolerable water.

Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

6 Blessed is the Lord, who has not given us into the harm of their teeth.

Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

7 Our soul has been snatched away like a sparrow from the snare of the hunters. The snare has been broken, and we have been freed.

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, who made heaven and earth.

Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.