Psalms 124

1 A song of ascents; of David. “If Yahweh had not been on our side,” let Israel say now,

A Song of degrees of David. If [it had not been] the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;

2 “if it had not been Yahweh who was on our side when men rose up against us,

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

3 then they would have swallowed us up alive when their anger raged against us.

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

4 The water would have swept us away; the torrent would have overwhelmed us.

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

5 Then the raging waters would have drowned us.”

Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

6 Blessed be Yahweh, who has not allowed us to be torn by their teeth.

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

7 We have escaped like a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; the snare has been broken, and we have escaped.

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 Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.

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