Psalms

Chapter 123

  1. 1

    If the Lord had not been on our side, Israel may boast,

  2. 2

    if the Lord had not been on our side when human foes assailed us,

  3. 3

    it seemed as if they must have swallowed us up alive, so fierce their anger threatened us.

  4. 4

    It seemed as if the tide must have sucked us down, the torrent closed above us;

  5. 5

    closed above us the waters that ran so high.

  6. 6

    Blessed be the Lord, who has not let us fall a prey to those ravening mouths!

  7. 7

    Safe, like a bird rescued from the fowler’s snare; the snare is broken and we are safe!

  8. 8

    Such help is ours, the Lord’s help, that made heaven and earth.