124:1  A Song of Ascents. By David. If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, Let Israel now say,

124:2  If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, When men rose up against us;

124:3  Then they would have swallowed us up alive, When their wrath was kindled against us;

124:4  Then the waters would have overwhelmed us, The stream would have gone over our soul;

124:5  Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

124:6  Blessed be Yahweh, Who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.

124:7  Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler's snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

124:8  Our help is in the name of Yahweh, Who made heaven and earth.