Psalm 124 | Liturgical Calendar

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.