Morning Psalm

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.

(BCP 781)