Psalm 124:1-8
A Song of the Ascents. Of David.
124 “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,+
3 Then they would have swallowed us up even alive,+When their anger was burning against us.+
4 Then the very waters would have washed us away,+The torrent itself would have passed over our soul.+
5 Then there would have passed over our soulThe waters of presumptuousness.+
6 Blessed be Jehovah, who has not given us+As a prey to their teeth.+
7 Our soul is like a bird that is escaped+From the trap of baiters.+The trap is broken,+And we ourselves have escaped.+
8 Our help is in the name of Jehovah,+The Maker of heaven and earth.”+
Footnotes
^ Or, “earthling man.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
