Psalm 124

1 If the LORD had not been on our side let Israel say-

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

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

4 the flood would have engulfed us, the torrent would have swept over us,

5 the raging waters would have swept us away.

6 Praise be to the LORD, who has not let us be torn by their teeth.

7 We have escaped like a bird from the flower’s snare; the snare has been broken and we have escaped.

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