Psalm 124

Our Help Is in the Name of the LORD

A song of ascents. Of David.

¹ If the LORD had not been on our side— let Israel now declare—

² if the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us,

³ when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,

⁴ then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,

⁵ then 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 from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.

⁸ Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.