Religion

Psalm 124

by George Sandys 1578–1644

From A Paraphrase upon the Divine Poems (1638)

Religion

Bvt that God fought for us, may Israel say;
But that God fought for us, in that sad Day;
When men inflam'd with wrath; against us rose:
We had alive beene swallowed by our Foes:
Then had we sunke beneath the roaring Waves,
And in their horrid entrailes found our graves:
Then had their violence, like torrents powr'd
From melting Hils, our wretched lives devour'd.
O blest be God! who hath not given our bloud
To quench their thirst, nor made our flesh their food.
Our Soules, like Birds, have scap't the Fowlers Net;
The snares are broke, which for our lives were set.
Our onely confidence is in his Name,
Who made the Earth, and Heavens immortall frame.

MLA

Sandys, George. “Psalm 124.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/sandys/125/.

Chicago

Sandys, George. “Psalm 124.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/sandys/125/.

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