Psalms

Chapter 124

Deliverance Through the LORD's Protection

Had the LORD not been on Israel's side when enemies rose up, they would have been swallowed up and overwhelmed like floods sweeping over them. But blessed be the LORD who did not give them as prey to their enemies' teeth. Their soul escaped as a bird from the fowler's snare, which is broken; their help is in the name of the LORD who made heaven and earth.

Divine interventionEscape from enemiesGod's protectionBlessing and deliverance

¹If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;

²If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:

³Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:

⁴Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:

⁵Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

⁶Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

⁷Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

⁸Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

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