Psalms 124:1–8

^{A Song of the Ascents. Of David.}

¹“Had it not been that Jehovah proved to be for us,”
Let Israel now say,
²“Had it not been that Jehovah proved to be for us
When men rose up against us,
³Then they would have swallowed us up even alive,
When their anger was burning against us.

⁴Then the very waters would have washed us away,
The torrent itself would have passed over our soul.

⁵Then there would have passed over our soul
The waters of presumptuousness.

⁶Blessed be Jehovah, who has not given us
As a prey to their teeth.

⁷Our soul is like a bird that is escaped
From the trap of baiters.
The trap is broken,
And we ourselves have escaped.

⁸Our help is in the name of Jehovah,
The Maker of heaven and earth.”