Foundations Psalter ‎#124-II

124-II. Psalm 124 - II

1 Now Israel
may say, and that truly,
If that the Lord
had not our cause maintained;
2 If that the Lord
had not our right sustained,
When cruel men
who us desired to slay
Rose up in wrath,
to make of us their prey;

3 Then certainly
they had devoured us all,
And swallowed quick,
for ought that we could deem;
Such was their rage,
as we might well esteem.
4 And as fierce floods
before them all things drown,
So had they brought
our soul to death quite down.

5 The raging streams,
with their proud swelling waves,
Had then our soul
o'erwhelmed in the deep.
6 But blessed be God,
who doth us safely keep,
And gave us not
a living prey to be
Unto their teeth
and bloody cruelty.

7 Even as a bird
out of the fowler's snare
Escapes away,
so is our soul set free:
Rent is their net,
and thus escaped we.
8 Therefore our help
is in the Lord's great name,
Who heaven and earth
by his great pow'r did frame.

Text Information

• First Line: Now Israel
• Title: Psalm 124 - II
• Meter: PECULIAR METER (10.10.10.10.10)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2023
• Scripture:
  Psalm 124

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