Psalm 124 (NIV 2011)

¹ If the Lord had not been on our side—

let Israel say—

² if the Lord had not been on our side

when people attacked us,

³ they would have swallowed us alive

when their anger flared against us;

⁴ the flood would have engulfed us,

the torrent would have swept over us,

⁵ the raging waters

would have swept us away.

⁶ Praise be to the Lord,

who has not let us be torn by their teeth.

⁷ We have escaped like a bird

from the fowler’s snare;

the snare has been broken,

and we have escaped.

⁸ Our help is in the name of the Lord,

the Maker of heaven and earth.