Psalms 123

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 A Canticle in steps. If the Lord had not been with us, let Israel now say it:	1 Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
2 if the Lord had not been with us, when men rose up against us,	2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
3 perhaps they would have swallowed us alive. When their fury was enraged against us,	3 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
4 perhaps the waters would have engulfed us.	4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
5 Our soul has passed through a torrent. Perhaps, our soul had even passed through intolerable water.
6 Blessed is the Lord, who has not given us into the harm of their teeth.
7 Our soul has been snatched away like a sparrow from the snare of the hunters. The snare has been broken, and we have been freed.
8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.