If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
124:2
If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:
124:3
Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
124:4
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
124:5
Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
124:6
Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
124:7
Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
124:8
Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
124:1
A songe of the steares of Dauid. If the Lorde hym selfe had not bene of our syde (nowe maye Israel saye) If the Lord him selfe had not bene of our syde when men rose vp agaynst vs.
124:2
They had swalowed vs vp quycke, when they were so wrathfully displeased at vs.
124:3
Yee, the waters had drowned vs, and the streame had gone ouer oure soule.
124:4
The depe waters of the proude had gone euen ouer our soule.
124:5
But praysed be the Lorde, whych hath not geuen vs ouer for a praye vnto their teeth.
124:6
Our soule is escaped, euen as a byrde out of the snare of the fouler:
124:7
the snare is broken, and we are delyuered.
124:8
Our helpe standeth in the name of the Lorde, whych hath made heauen and earth.
Green's Literal Translation (LITV). Copyright 1993 by Jay P. Green Sr.
All rights reserved. Jay P. Green Sr., Lafayette, IN. U.S.A. 47903.
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