Psalms 124

1 If it had not been the Lord who was on our side (let Israel now say);

1A gradual canticle. They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Sion: he shall not be moved for ever that dwelleth

2If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men came up against us;

2In Jerusalem. Mountains are round about it: so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth now and for ever.

3They would have made a meal of us while still living, in the heat of their wrath against us:

3For the Lord will not leave the rod of sinners upon the lot of the just: that the just may not stretch forth their hands to iniquity.

4We would have been covered by the waters; the streams would have gone over our soul;

4Do good, O Lord, to those that are good, and to the upright of heart.

5Yes, the waters of pride would have gone over our soul.

5But such as turn aside into bonds, the Lord shall lead out with the workers of iniquity: peace upon Israel.

6Praise be to the Lord, who has not let us be wounded by their teeth.

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7Our soul has gone free like a bird out of the net of those who would take her: the net is broken, and we are free.

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

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