Psalm 124

Psalm 124 ¹ A song for those who go up to Jerusalem to worship the LORD . A psalm of David. Here is what Israel should say. Suppose the LORD had not been on our side.

² Suppose the LORD had not been on our side when our enemies attacked us.

³ Suppose he had not been on our side when their burning anger blazed out against us. Then they would have swallowed us alive.

⁴ They would have been like a flood that drowned us. They would have swept over us like a rushing river.

⁵ They would have washed us away like a swollen stream.

⁶ Give praise to the LORD . He has not let our enemies chew us up.

⁷ We have escaped like a bird from a hunter’s trap. The trap has been broken, and we have escaped. ⁸ Our help comes from the LORD . He is the Maker of heaven and earth.