Old Testament · Psalms

Psalms 124

Our Help Is in the Name of the LORD

1A Song of the Ascents, of David. Unless the LORD had been for us — let Israel now say —
2unless the LORD had been for us, when man^a rose up against us,
3then they would have swallowed us up alive^b, when their anger burned against us;
4then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the torrent would have passed over our soul^c;
5then the proud waters would have passed over our soul.
6Blessed be the LORD, who did not give us as prey to their teeth.
7Our soul has escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we have escaped.
8Our help is in the name of the LORD, Maker of heaven and earth.