A Song of degrees of David.
If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, now may Israel say;
If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, when men rose up against us:
Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
Blessed be Jehovah, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped. Our help is in the name of Jehovah, who made heaven and earth.
124:1-5 Jehovah has been Israel's savior from man, or all had been lost. 6-8 Blessed be he, maker of heaven and of earth.