Psalms 124

New Living Translation
Psalm 124
A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. A psalm of David.
1 What if the Lord had not been on our side?
    Let all Israel repeat:
2 What if the Lord had not been on our side
    when people attacked us?
3 They would have swallowed us alive
    in their burning anger.
4 The waters would have engulfed us;
    a torrent would have overwhelmed us.
5 Yes, the raging waters of their fury
    would have overwhelmed our very lives.

6 Praise the Lord,
    who did not let their teeth tear us apart!
7 We escaped like a bird from a hunter’s trap.
    The trap is broken, and we are free!
8 Our help is from the Lord,
    who made heaven and earth.