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Psalm 124
New King James Version

### The Lord the Defense of His People

#### A Song of Ascents. Of David.

124 “If it had not been the Lord who was on our (A)side,”
(B)Let Israel now say—
2 “If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,
When men rose up against us,
3 Then they would have (C)swallowed us alive,
When their wrath was kindled against us;
4 Then the waters would have overwhelmed us,
The stream would have [a]gone over our soul;
5 Then the swollen waters
Would have [b]gone over our soul.”

6 Blessed be the Lord,
Who has not given us as prey to their teeth.
7 (D)Our soul has escaped (E)as a bird from the snare of the [c]fowlers;
The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
8 (F)Our help is in the name of the Lord,
(G)Who made heaven and earth.

#### Footnotes

1. Psalm 124:4 swept over
2. Psalm 124:5 swept over
3. Psalm 124:7 Persons who catch birds in a trap or snare

#### Cross references

1. Psalm 124:1 : Ps. 118:6; [Rom. 8:31]
2. Psalm 124:1 : Ps. 129:1
3. Psalm 124:3 : Num. 16:30; Ps. 56:1, 2; 57:3; Prov. 1:12
4. Psalm 124:7 : Ps. 91:3
5. Psalm 124:7 : Prov. 6:5; Hos. 9:8
6. Psalm 124:8 : [Ps. 121:2]
7. Psalm 124:8 : Gen. 1:1; Ps. 134:3

New King James Version (NKJV)

Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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