Psalms 124
124
PSALM 124
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Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
1Had not the Lord been on our side,
may Israel now say;
2Had not the Lord been on our side,
when men rose us to slay;
3They had us swallow'd quick, when as
their wrath 'gainst us did flame:
4Waters had cover'd us, our soul
had sunk beneath the stream.
5Then had the waters, swelling high,
over our soul made way.
6Bless'd be the Lord, who to their teeth
us gave not for a prey.
7Our soul's escaped, as a bird
out of the fowler's snare;
The snare asunder broken is,
and we escaped are.
8Our sure and all-sufficient help
is in JEHOVAH's name;
His name who did the heav'n create,
and who the earth did frame.
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Psalms 124
124
A song of David for going up to the Temple.
1What would have happened to us if the Lord had not been on our side?
Tell us about it, Israel.
2What would have happened to us if the Lord had not been on our side
when people attacked us?
3They would have swallowed us alive
when they became angry with us.
4Their armies would have been
like a flood washing over us,
like a river drowning us.
5Those proud people would have been
like water rising up to our mouth and drowning us.
6Praise the Lord!
He did not let our enemies tear us apart.
7We escaped like a bird from the net of a hunter.
The net broke, and we escaped!
8Our help came from the Lord,
the one who made heaven and earth!
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