A Song of the Ascents. Of David.
124 “If Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} had not been with us”
—Let Isra'Al now say—
2 “If Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} had not been with us
When men rose up to attack us,
3 Then they would have swallowed us up alive
When their anger was burning against us.
4 Then the waters would have washed us away,
The torrent would have swept over us.
5 The raging waters would have overwhelmed us.
6 May Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} be praised,
For he has not given us as prey to their teeth.
7 We are like a bird that escaped
From the hunter’s trap;
The trap was broken,
And we escaped.
8 Our help is in the name of Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah},
The Maker of heaven and earth.”