Psalms 124

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 A song of ascents. Of David. I Had not the LORD been with us, let Israel say,	1 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
2 Had not the LORD been with us, when people rose against us,	2 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:
3 They would have swallowed us alive, for their fury blazed against us.	3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
4 The waters would have engulfed us, the torrent overwhelmed us;	4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
5 seething waters would have drowned us.	5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
6 Blessed be the LORD, who did not leave us to be torn by their fangs.	6 Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
7 We escaped with our lives like a bird from the fowler's snare; the snare was broken and we escaped.	7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
8 Our help is the name of the LORD, the maker of heaven and earth.	8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.