If it had not been for the Lord

Psalm 124 (KJV 1900)

Psalm 124

A Song of degrees of David.

1  If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,

Now may Israel say;

2  If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,

When men rose up against us:

3  Then they had swallowed us up quick,

When their wrath was kindled against us:

4  Then the waters had overwhelmed us,

The stream had gone over our soul:

5  Then the proud waters

Had gone over our soul.

6  Blessed be the Lord,

Who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

7  Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers:

The snare is broken, and we are escaped.

8  Our help is in the name of the Lord,

Who made heaven and earth.