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
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Psalm 124
Thanksgiving for Israel’s Deliverance
A Song of Ascents. Of David.
1 #
Ps 94.17; 129.1 If it had not been the Lord who was on our side
—let Israel now say—
2if it had not been the Lord who was on our side,
when our enemies attacked us,
3 #
Ps 56.1; 57.3; Prov 1.12 then they would have swallowed us up alive,
when their anger was kindled against us;
4 #
Ps 69.2
then the flood would have swept us away;
the torrent would have gone over us;
5then over us would have gone
the raging waters.
6 #
Ps 27.2
Blessed be the Lord,
who has not given us
as prey to their teeth.
7 #
Ps 91.3; Prov 6.5 We have escaped like a bird
from the snare of the hunters;
the snare is broken,
and we have escaped.
8 #
Gen 1.1; Ps 121.2 Our help is in the name of the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.
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