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An enormous pale open sky with one small bird climbing in it, above a bare thorn-scrub ridge where a scrap of torn cord hangs on a branch.

Song of ascents · David

Psalm 124

Think back to the thing that should have finished you. Who was on your side?

8 verses≈ 3 minBSB

Images are artistic interpretations.

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Where we are

  1. 1–41Book IDavid's prayers: 'The LORD is my shepherd'
  2. 42–72Book II'As the deer pants'; the throne under pressure
  3. 73–89Book IIIAsaph and Korah: the kingdom falls
  4. 90–106Book IVBack to Moses: the LORD reigns
  5. 107–150Book VSongs of ascents, and the last HallelujahPsalm 124

Our Help Is in the Name of the LORD

A song of ascents. Of David.

If the LORD had not been on our side—

let Israel now declare—

if the LORD had not been on our side

when men attacked us,

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From a village terrace, a long dark line of far-off men and rising dust comes over the opposite ridge, a wooden plow left standing in the field.

when their anger flared against us,

then they would have swallowed us alive,

A brown flash flood fills a narrow rock gorge from wall to wall, seen from above, a broken terrace wall going under.

then the floods would have engulfed us,

then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,

then the raging waters

would have swept us away.

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Narrated by Bob Souer · BSB audio, public domain

Blessed be the LORD,

who has not given us as prey to their teeth.

A fowler's net of knotted cord lies on stony ground with one side ripped open and its stake pulled out, a single small feather beside it.

We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler;

the net is torn, and we have slipped away.

Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.

Psalm 124:8

Pray

Pray it

Name one time you got through and shouldn’t have. Say “Blessed be the LORD” for it, out loud. Amen.

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A verse to carry with you

Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.

Psalm 124:8

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