Psalms 124
A Song of Ascent attributed to David celebrating God's deliverance from enemies who would have swallowed Israel alive. If the Lord had not been on Israel's side when men rose against them, the floods would have swept them away. The psalmist declares escape like a bird from the fowler's snare.
1If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, now may Israel say;
2If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us:
3Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
4Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
5Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
6Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
7Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
8Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.