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A Song of degrees of David.

¶ If the LORD had not been for us, now may Israel say,

If the LORD had not been for us, when men rose up against us,

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

then the waters would have overwhelmed us; the flood would have gone over our soul;

then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

¶ Blessed be the LORD, who did not give us as a prey to their teeth.

Our soul has escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; the snare has broken, and we are escaped.

Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made the heaven and the earth.

124 (0) A song of ascents. By David:

(1) If Adonai hadn’t been for us —
let Isra’el repeat it —
If Adonai hadn’t been for us
when people rose to attack us,
then, when their anger blazed against us,
they would have swallowed us alive!
Then the water would have engulfed us,
the torrent would have swept over us.
Yes, the raging water
would have swept right over us.

Blessed be Adonai, who did not leave us
to be a prey for their teeth!
We escaped like a bird from the hunter’s trap;
the trap is broken, and we have escaped.

Our help is in the name of Adonai,
the maker of heaven and earth.