Parallel

Psalms 124

Jewish Publication Society 1917 · Berean Standard Bible

124:1

A Song of Ascents; of David. 'If it had not been the LORD who was for us', Let Israel now say;

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124:2

'If it had not been the LORD who was for us, When men rose up against us,

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124:3

Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;

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124:4

Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul;

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124:5

Then the proud waters Had gone over our soul.'

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124:6

Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

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124:7

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; The snare is broken, and we are escaped.

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124:8

Our help is in the name of the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.

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