Psalms 124

Psalm title: A Song of the going up. Of David.

1. ¹If it had not been the Lord who was on our side (let Israel now say);
2. ²If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men came up against us;
3. ³They would have made a meal of us while still living, in the heat of their wrath against us:
4. ⁴We would have been covered by the waters; the streams would have gone over our soul;
5. ⁵Yes, the waters of pride would have gone over our soul.
6. ⁶Praise be to the Lord, who has not let us be wounded by their teeth.
7. ⁷Our soul has gone free like a bird out of the net of those who would take her: the net is broken, and we are free.
8. ⁸Our help is in the name of the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.

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