Psalms 123

1A gradual canticle. If it had not been that the Lord was with us, let Israel now say:

1 Unto thee do I lift up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

2If it had not been that the Lord was with us, When men rose up against us,

2 Behold, as the eyes of servants [look] unto the hand of their masters, as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress, so our eyes [are directed] to Jehovah ourGod, until he be gracious unto us.

3Perhaps they had swallowed us up alive. When their fury was enkindled against us,

3 Be gracious unto us, O Jehovah, be gracious unto us; for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

4Perhaps the waters had swallowed us up.

4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, with the contempt of the proud.

5Our soul hath passed through a torrent: perhaps our soul had passed through a water insupportable.

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6Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us to be a prey to their teeth.

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7Our soul hath been delivered as a sparrow out of the snare of the fowlers. The snare is broken, and we are delivered.

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

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