Psalms 124

The Lord the Defense of His People

A Song of Ascents. Of David.¹“If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,” Let Israel now say— ²“If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, When men rose up against us, ³Then they would have swallowed us alive, When their wrath was kindled against us; ⁴Then the waters would have overwhelmed us, The stream would have gone over our soul; ⁵Then the swollen waters Would have gone over our soul.” ⁶Blessed be the Lord, Who has not given us as prey to their teeth. ⁷Our soul has escaped as a bird from the snare of the fowlers; The snare is broken, and we have escaped. ⁸Our help is in the name of the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.