The Psalms

Psalm 124

A Song of Ascents; of David.

 ^124:1If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side,

 Let Israel now say,

 ^124:2If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side,

 When men rose up against us;

 ^124:3Then they had swallowed us up alive,

 When their wrath was kindled against us;

 ^124:4Then the waters had overwhelmed us,

 The stream had gone over our soul;

 ^124:5Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

 ^124:6Blessed be Jehovah,

 Who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

 ^124:7Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers:

 The snare is broken, and we are escaped.

 ^124:8Our help is in the name of Jehovah,

 Who made heaven and earth.