Psalm 124

Common English Bible

Psalm 124

A pilgrimage song. Of David.

124 If the Lord hadn’t been for us—
    let Israel now repeat!—
²    if the Lord hadn’t been for us,
        when those people attacked us
³then they would have swallowed us up whole
        with their rage burning against us!
⁴Then the waters would have drowned us;
    the torrent would have come over our necks;^[a]
⁵    then the raging waters would have come over our necks!

⁶Bless the Lord
    because he didn’t hand us over
    like food for our enemies’ teeth!
⁷We escaped like a bird from the hunters’ trap;
    the trap was broken so we escaped!

⁸Our help is in the name of the Lord,
the maker of heaven and earth.