<The Psalms. 124

[1] If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, let Israel now say;

[2] If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:

[3] Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us:

[4] Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:

[5] Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

[6] Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

[7] Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

[8] Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.