Psalm 124

Had not the Lord for Israel stood
When men and fiends against us rose,
Stretch'd out His hand, and stemm'd the flood,
And stopp'd the fury of our foes,
Our foes had swallow'd up their prey,
And torn our shield and souls away.
Had not the Lord, we now may cry,
Appear'd His people to sustain;
The threatening floods, that dash'd the sky.

Had whirl'd us down to hell again;
O'erwhelm'd us in the gulf beneath.
And plunged our souls in endless death.
But God hath quell'd their angry pride,
And kept us in our evil hour:
His name be bless'd and glorified!

He hath not left us to their power;
His word restrain'd their lawless will,
And bade the raging sea be still.

He pluck'd the prey out of their teeth;

Our souls have 'scaped the fowler's snare,
Broke through the toils of sin and death;

And lo! our Helper we declare,
The Lord of heaven and earth proclaim,
And bless the' almighty Jesu's name.