124:1  “If it had not been the LORD who was on our side,”
Let Israel now say—

124:2  “If it had not been the LORD who was on our side,
When men rose up against us,

124:3  Then they would have swallowed us alive,
When their wrath was kindled against us;

124:4  Then the waters would have overwhelmed us,
The stream would have gone over our soul;

124:5  Then the swollen waters
Would have gone over our soul.”

124:6  Blessed be the LORD,
Who has not given us as prey to their teeth.

124:7  Our soul has escaped as a bird from the snare of the fowlers;
The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

124:8  Our help is in the name of the LORD,
Who made heaven and earth.