Psalm 124

If God the LORD had not been on our side—

Let Isr’el say—had not the LORD been near

When foes attacked us, filling us with fear,

And when their wrath against us reached its height,

Alive we had been swallowed in their spite.

We would have been enveloped by the flood;

Over our heads the torrent would have gone;

The waters would have carried us along.

But praise the LORD, for he has set us free

And has not left us to their cruelty.

We have escaped—just as a captured bird

Out of the fowler’s net has been set free;

The snare is cut, we are at liberty.

Our help is in the name of God the LORD

Who made the earth and heavens by his word.