124 ⁽⁰⁾ A song of ascents. By David:

⁽¹⁾ If Adonai hadn’t been for us —
let Isra’el repeat it —
² If Adonai hadn’t been for us
when people rose to attack us,
³ then, when their anger blazed against us,
they would have swallowed us alive!
⁴ Then the water would have engulfed us,
the torrent would have swept over us.
⁵ Yes, the raging water
would have swept right over us.

⁶ Blessed be Adonai, who did not leave us
to be a prey for their teeth!
⁷ We escaped like a bird from the hunter’s trap;
the trap is broken, and we have escaped.

⁸ Our help is in the name of Adonai,
the maker of heaven and earth.