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Psalm 124 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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The LORD the Defense of His People

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:1 - A Song of Ascents. Of David.

“If it had not been the LORD who was on our side,”
Let Israel now say—

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:2 - “If it had not been the LORD who was on our side,
When men rose up against us,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:3 - Then they would have swallowed us alive,
When their wrath was kindled against us;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:4 - Then the waters would have overwhelmed us,
The stream would have gone over our soul;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:5 - Then the swollen waters
Would have gone over our soul.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:6 - Blessed be the LORD,
Who has not given us as prey to their teeth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:7 - Our soul has escaped as a bird from the snare of the fowlers;[fn]
The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:8 - Our help is in the name of the LORD,
Who made heaven and earth.
See the NKJV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NKJV Footnotes
That is, persons who catch birds in a trap or snare
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New King James Version, © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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Psalm Chapter 124 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras