1750 Challoner Revision of the Douay-Rheims (DR)

Psalms 124

The Church blesseth God for a miraculous deliverance.

 124:1 ¶ A gradual canticle. If it had not been that the Lord was with us, let Israel now say:

 124:2 If it had not been that the Lord was with us, When men rose up against us,

 124:3 Perhaps they had swallowed us up alive. When their fury was enkindled against us,

 124:4 Perhaps the waters had swallowed us up.

 124:5 Our soul hath passed through a torrent: perhaps our soul had passed through a water insupportable.

 124:6 Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us to be a prey to their teeth.

 124:7 Our soul hath been delivered as a sparrow out of the snare of the fowlers. The snare is broken, and we are delivered.

 124:8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.