Psalms 124

¹If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, let Israel now say,

²if it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, when men rose up against us;

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

⁴then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul;

⁵then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

⁶Blessed be Yahweh, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.

⁷Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

⁸Our help is in Yahweh’s name, who made heaven and earth.