Psalms 124

1 A SONG OF THE ASCENTS. BY DAVID. If YHWH had not been for us (Pray, let Israel say),

“A psalm of the steps, or the goings up. By David.” If the LORD had not been for us, Now may Israel say,

2 If YHWH had not been for us, In the rising up of man against us,

If the LORD had not been for us, When men rose up against us,

3 Then they had swallowed us alive, In the burning of their anger against us,

Then had they swallowed us up alive, When their wrath burned against us;

4 Then the waters had overflowed us, The stream passed over our soul,

Then the waters had overwhelmed us; The stream had gone over our soul;

5 Then proud waters had passed over our soul.

The proud waters had gone over our soul.

6 Blessed [is] YHWH who has not given us, [As] prey to their teeth.

Blessed be the LORD, Who hath not given us a prey to their teeth!

7 Our soul has escaped as a bird from a snare of fowlers, The snare was broken, and we have escaped.

We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

8 Our help [is] in the Name of YHWH, Maker of the heavens and earth!

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