Psalm 124

1 If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, Let Israel now say,

2 If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, When men rose up against us;

3 Then they had swallowed us up alive, 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 Jehovah, 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 Jehovah, Who made heaven and earth.

Psalm 124

A song of ascents, by David.

1 “If the Lord had not been on our side” –
let Israel say this! –

2 if the Lord had not been on our side,
when men attacked us,

3 they would have swallowed us alive,
when their anger raged against us.

4 The water would have overpowered us;
the current would have overwhelmed us.

5 The raging water
would have overwhelmed us.

6 The Lord deserves praise,
for he did not hand us over as prey to their teeth.

7 We escaped with our lives, like a bird from a hunter’s snare.
The snare broke, and we escaped.

8 Our deliverer is the Lord,
the Creator of heaven and earth.