1Psalm 124 A song of ascents. Of David. If the Lord had not been on our side— let Israel say—
2if the Lord had not been on our side when men attacked us,
3when their anger flared against us, they would have swallowed us alive;
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 out of 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.