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Psalm 124

10.10.10.10.10 Tune: OLD 124TH Psalm 124 Scottish Psalter (1650)

Psalm Text

Had not the Lord been on our side,

may Israel now say;

Had not the Lord been on our side,

when men rose us to slay;

They had us swallow'd quick, when as

their wrath 'gainst us did flame:

Waters had cover'd us, our soul

had sunk beneath the stream.

Then had the waters, swelling high,

over our soul made way.

Bless'd be the Lord, who to their teeth

us gave not for a prey.

Our soul's escaped, as a bird

out of the fowler's snare;

The snare asunder broken is,

and we escaped are.

Our sure and all-sufficient help

is in JEHOVAH's name;

His name who did the heav'n create,

and who the earth did frame.

About This Psalm

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1650 Scottish Psalter (1650)

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This metrical psalm text is in the public domain.