4th Day Evening - Psalm 124

 Psalm 124   Nisi quia Dominus

1            If the Lord had not been on our side, *

        let Israel now say;

 

2            If the Lord had not been on our side, *

        when enemies rose up against us;

 

3            Then would they have swallowed us up alive *

        in their fierce anger toward us;

 

4            Then would the waters have overwhelmed us *

and the torrent gone over us;

 

5            Then would the raging waters *

        have gone right over us.

 

6            Blessed be the Lord! *

        he has not given us over to be a prey for their teeth.

 

7            We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; *

        the snare is broken, and we have escaped.

 

8            Our help is in the Name of the Lord, *

        the maker of heaven and earth.