Psalm 124

A Song of degrees of David

1. If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,

now may Israel say;

2. If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,

when men rose up against us:

3. then they had swallowed us up quick,

when their wrath was kindled against us:

4. then the waters had overwhelmed us,

the stream had gone over our soul:

5. then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

6. Blessed be the Lord,

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

7. 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.