Psalms 124
124
PSALM 124
First Version
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
Psalm 124
A pilgrimage song. Of David.
1If the LORD hadn’t been for us—
let Israel now repeat!—
2if the LORD hadn’t been for us,
when those people attacked us
3then they would have swallowed us up whole
with their rage burning against us!
4Then the waters would have drowned us;
the torrent would have come over our necks;#124.4 Or soul; also in 124:5, 7
5then the raging waters would have come over our necks!
6Bless the LORD
because he didn’t hand us over
like food for our enemies’ teeth!
7We escaped like a bird from the hunters’ trap;
the trap was broken so we escaped!
8Our help is in the name of the LORD,
the maker of heaven and earth.
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