Psalms 124:1-8

¹“A song of the degrees by David.” If it had not been the Lord who was for us, so should Israel say;

²If it had not been the Lord who was for us, when men rose up against us:

³Then would they have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;

⁴Then would the waters have overwhelmed us, the stream would have passed over our soul;

⁵Then would have passed over our soul the presumptuous waters.

⁶Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us up as a prey to their teeth.

⁷Our soul is escaped like 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, the maker of heaven and earth.