Psalm 124

A song of ascents. Of David.

¹If the Lord had not been on our side –
    let Israel say –
²if the Lord had not been on our side
    when people attacked us,
³they would have swallowed us alive
    when their anger flared against us;
⁴the flood would have engulfed us,
    the torrent would have swept over us,
⁵the raging waters
    would have swept us away.

⁶Praise be to the Lord,
    who has not let us be torn by their teeth.
⁷We have escaped like a bird
    from the fowler’s snare;
the snare has been broken,
    and we have escaped.
⁸Our help is in the name of the Lord,
    the Maker of heaven and earth.