Psalm 124 (Old 124th)

Now Israel may say and that in truth If that the Lord had not our right maintained If that the Lord had not with us remained When cruel men against us rose to strive We surely had been swallowed up alive Yea, when their wrath against us fiercely rose The swelling tide had o'er us spread its wave The raging stream had then become our grave The surging flood, and proudly swelling roll Most surely then had overwhelmed our soul Blessed be the Lord Who made us not their prey As from the snare a bird escapeth free Their net is rent and so escaped are we Our only help is in Jehovah's name Who made the earth and all the heav'nly frame