Psalms 124

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 A song of ascents. Of David. I Had not the LORD been with us, let Israel say,	1 [Song of Ascents Of David] If Yahweh had not been on our side -- let Israel repeat it-
2 Had not the LORD been with us, when people rose against us,	2 if Yahweh had not been on our side when people attacked us,
3 They would have swallowed us alive, for their fury blazed against us.	3 they would have swal owed us alive in the heat of their anger.
4 The waters would have engulfed us, the torrent overwhelmed us;	4 Then water was washing us away, a torrent running right over us;
5 seething waters would have drowned us.	5 running right over us then were turbulent waters.
6 Blessed be the LORD, who did not leave us to be torn by their fangs.	6 Blessed be Yahweh for not letting us fall 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 We escaped like a bird from the fowlers' net. The net was broken and we escaped;
8 Our help is the name of the LORD, the maker of heaven and earth.	8 our help is in the name of Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.