Psalm 124
This psalm is a song of thanksgiving, acknowledging that Israel's survival against powerful adversaries was solely due to God's intervention. It celebrates divine deliverance from overwhelming threats. It is prayed in thanksgiving for miraculous deliverance from danger, when reflecting on past protections, or as an affirmation of God's saving power.
A Song of Ascents. By David. If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, let Israel now say,
1 A Song of Ascents. By David. If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, let Israel now say,
2 if it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, when men rose up against us,
3 then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us,
4 then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul.
5 Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.
6 Blessed be Yahweh, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.
7 Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
8 Our help is in Yahweh’s name, who made heaven and earth.
Hebrew numbering, the one used in most Bibles and searches. In Catholic liturgy (Greek numbering) this psalm may appear one number lower between 10 and 147.