Psalm 124. Nisi quia Dominus.

1. If the Lord had not been on our side, *
   let Israel now say;
2. If the Lord had not been on our side, *
   when enemies rose up against us;
3. Then would they have swallowed us up alive *
   in their fierce anger toward us;
4. Then would the waters have overwhelmed us *
   and the torrent gone over us;
5. Then would the raging waters *
   have gone right over us.
6. Blessed be the Lord! *
   he has not given us over to be a prey for their teeth.
7. We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; *
   the snare is broken, and we have escaped.
8. Our help is in the Name of the Lord, *
   the maker of heaven and earth.