Psalms - Chapter 124

The People Remember the Danger

¹ A Song of Ascents. Of David. "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,

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

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

⁵ Then the swollen waters Would have gone over our soul."

Give Thanks for the Rescue

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

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

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