124:1  

  • A Song of degrees; of David. "If it had not been for the LORD Who was on our side," O may Israel say,
  • 124:2  "If it had not been for the LORD Who was on our side when men rose up against us,

    124:3  Then they would have swallowed us up 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 proud waters would have gone over our soul."

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

    124:7  Our soul has escaped like a bird out of 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.