Psalms



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.