Psalm 124
Words: Brady and Tate, A New Version of the Psalms of David
1 Had not the Lord (may Israel say)
been pleased to interpose;
2 Had he not then espoused our cause,
when men against us rose:
3,4,5 Their wrath had swallowed us alive,
and raged without control;
Their spite and pride's united floods
had quite o'erwhelmed our soul.
6 But praised be our eternal Lord,
who rescued us that day,
Nor to their savage jaws gave up
our threatened lives a prey.
7 Our soul is like a bird escaped
from out the fowler's net;
The snare is broke, their hopes are crossed,
and we at freedom set.
8 Secure in his almighty name
our confidence remains,
Who, as he made both heav'n and earth,
of both sole monarch reigns.
