Psalm 124

1. (0) A song of ascents. By David: 1 (1) If Adonai hadn’t been for us — 1 let Isra’el repeat it —

2. If Adonai hadn’t been for us 2 when people rose to attack us,

3. then, when their anger blazed against us, 3 they would have swallowed us alive!

4. Then the water would have engulfed us, 4 the torrent would have swept over us.

5. Yes, the raging water 5 would have swept right over us.

6. Blessed be Adonai, who did not leave us 6 to be a prey for their teeth!

7. We escaped like a bird from the hunter’s trap; 7 the trap is broken, and we have escaped.

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