124:1 | | <A Song of the going up. Of David.> If it had not been the Lord who was on our side (let Israel now say); |
124:2 | | If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men came up against us; |
124:3 | | They would have made a meal of us while still living, in the heat of their wrath against us: |
124:4 | | We would have been covered by the waters; the streams would have gone over our soul; |
124:5 | | Yes, the waters of pride would have gone over our soul. |
124:6 | | Praise be to the Lord, who has not let us be wounded by their teeth. |
124:7 | | Our 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. |
124:8 | | Our help is in the name of the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth. |