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Psalm 124

The LORD Was on Our Side

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If God hadn't been on our side — what would have happened? We would have been swallowed up! This psalm celebrates how God rescued His people. We are like a bird who escaped from the hunter's trap. Our help is in the name of the LORD!

  1. 1If the LORD had not been on our side— let Israel say—
  2. 2if the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us,
  3. 3they would have swallowed us alive when their anger flared against us;
  4. 4the flood would have engulfed us, the torrent would have swept over us;
  5. 5the raging waters would have swept us away.
  6. 6Praise be to the LORD, who has not let us be torn by their teeth.
  7. 7We have escaped like a bird from the fowler's snare; the snare has been broken, and we have escaped.
  8. 8Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.

Scripture from the Berean Standard Bible (BSB)