1 A song of the ascents: of David. If [it were] not Jehovah who was for us, let now Israel say;
2 If [it were] not Jehovah who was for us in man’s rising up against us,
3 Then they had swallowed us up alive in the kindling of their wrath against, us.
4 Then the waters had overflowed us; the stream had passed over our soul.
5 Then had passed over our soul the proud waters.
6 Blessed [be] Jehovah, who gave us not a prey to their teeth!
7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of fowlers’ snare; the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
8 Our help [is] in Jehovah’s name, who made heaven and earth.
Notes on Psalm 124
“A song of the ascents: of David.” This is the outburst of Israel’s praise when just delivered from that which seemed, to all but faith, the overwhelming power of man bent on their destruction.