1En valfartssang af David. „Hvad hvis Herren ikke havde hjulpet os? Lad hele Israel svare.”2Hvis Herren ikke havde hjulpet os, da fjenderne gik til angreb,3havde de slugt os med hud og hår, for de nærede et bundløst had.4De ville have skyllet os fuldstændigt væk, som en flodbølge kom de imod os.5Det brusende vand ville have revet os bort fra de levendes land.6Men lovet være Herren, han lod dem ikke udslette os.7Vi var fanget som en fugl i en fælde, men Herren slap os fri. Han åbnede fælden for os og reddede os fra den visse død.8Det var Herren, der kom os til hjælp, himlens og jordens Skaber.
Salme 124
King James Version
1A Song of degrees of David. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;2If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:3Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:4Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:5Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.6Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.7Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.8Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.