Psalms 124

¹If the LORD had not been on our side- let Israel say-

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

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

⁴the flood would have engulfed us, the torrent would have swept over us,

⁵the raging waters would have swept us away.

⁶Praise be to the LORD, who has not let us be torn by their teeth.

⁷We have escaped like a bird out of the fowler's snare; the snare has been broken, and we have escaped.

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