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Psalm 124

The Bible in Basic English BBE

1 <A Song of the going up. Of David.> If it had not been the Lord who was on our side (let Israel now say);

2 If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men came up against us;

3 They would have made a meal of us while still living, in the heat of their wrath against us:

4 We would have been covered by the waters; the streams would have gone over our soul;

5 Yes, the waters of pride would have gone over our soul.

6 Praise be to the Lord, who has not let us be wounded by their teeth.

7 Our soul has gone free like a bird out of the net of those who would take her: the net is broken, and we are free.

8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.

Orthodox Jewish Bible OJB

1 24 (Shir HaMa’alot, [Song of Ascents] of Dovid). If it had not been Hashem Who was lanu (for us, on our side), now may Yisroel say;

2 If it had not been Hashem Who was lanu, when adam (man) rose up against us;

3 Then they had swallowed us up chayyim (alive); when their wrath was kindled against us;

4 Then the mayim would have overwhelmed us, the torrent would have swept over nafsheinu (our nefesh); (Shir HaMa’alot, [Song of

5 Then the mayim hazedonim (treacherous waters) would have swept over nafsheinu (our nefesh).

6 Baruch Hashem, Who hath not given us up as a prey to their shinayim (teeth).

7 Nafsheinu (our nefesh) is escaped as a tzippor (bird) out of the pach (snare of the fowlers); the pach is broken, and we are escaped.

8 Ezreinu (our help) B’Shem Hashem Oseh Shomayim vaAretz.