Psalms 124

¹If the Lord had not been on our side— let Israel say—

²if the Lord had not been on our side when people attacked us,

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

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 from 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.