Psalm 124

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

Thanksgiving for Israel’s Deliverance

A Song of Ascents. Of David.

124 If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,
    let Israel now say—
²if it had not been the Lord who was on our side,
    when men rose up against us,
³then they would have swallowed us up alive,
    when their anger was kindled against us;
⁴then the flood would have swept us away,
    the torrent would have gone over us;
⁵then over us would have gone
    the raging waters.

⁶Blessed be the Lord,
    who has not given us
    as prey to their teeth!
⁷We have escaped as a bird
    from the snare of the fowlers;
the snare is broken,
    and we have escaped!

⁸Our help is in the name of the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)

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