Psalm 124, Chant B

 

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 a-gainst us;

3 Then would they have swallowed us up a-live *
in their fierce an-ger toward us;

4 Then would the waters have over-whelmed us *
and the torrent gone o-ver us;

5 Then would the raging wa-ters *
have gone right o-ver 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 fow-ler; *
the snare is broken, and we have e-scaped.

8 Our help is in the Name of the LORD, *
the maker of heaven and earth.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spir-it: *
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. A-men.