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The Holy Bible
The Book of Psalms
Psalm 124

  

A Song of Israel’s Thanksgiving

A Song of Ascents. A Psalm of David.

1IF it had not been the Lord who was on our side
let Israel now say

2 “If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,
when men attacked us, 3 then they would have swallowed us alive,
when their wrath burned against us; 4 then the waters would have overwhelmed us,
the torrent would have swept over us, 5 the raging waters
would have swept us away.”
  6 Blessed be the Lord,
who has not given us as prey to their teeth. 7 We have escaped like a bird
out of the snare of the fowler; the snare has been broken
and we have escaped. 8 Our help is in the name of the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth.