[124:1] What if the Lord had not been on our side? Answer, O Israel!
[124:2] “If the Lord had not been on our side when our enemies attacked us,
[124:3] then they would have swallowed us alive in their furious anger against us;
[124:4] then the flood would have carried us away, the water would have covered us,
[124:5] the raging torrent would have drowned us.”
[124:6] Let us thank the Lord, who has not let our enemies destroy us.
[124:7] We have escaped like a bird from a hunter's trap; the trap is broken, and we are free!
[124:8] Our help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.