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The Lord Saves His People

A song for going up to worship. Of David.

124 What if the Lord had not been on our side?
    (Let Israel repeat this.)
What if the Lord had not been on our side
    when we were attacked?
When they were angry with us,
    they would have swallowed us alive.
They would have been like a flood drowning us;
    they would have poured over us like a river.
They would have swept us away like a mighty stream.

Praise the Lord,
    who did not let them chew us up.
We escaped like a bird
    from the hunter’s trap.
The trap broke,
    and we escaped.
Our help comes from the Lord,
    who made heaven and earth.

Psalm 124

A song of ascents. Of David.

If the Lord had not been on our side—
    let Israel say(A)
if the Lord had not been on our side
    when people attacked us,
they would have swallowed us alive
    when their anger flared against us;
the flood(B) would have engulfed us,
    the torrent(C) would have swept over us,
the raging waters
    would have swept us away.

Praise be to the Lord,
    who has not let us be torn by their teeth.
We have escaped like a bird
    from the fowler’s snare;(D)
the snare has been broken,(E)
    and we have escaped.
Our help is in the name(F) of the Lord,
    the Maker of heaven(G) and earth.