The Book of Psalms, Chapter 124, Verse 1

Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.

For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.

Peace be within thy walls, [and] prosperity within thy palaces.

For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace [be] within thee.

Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.

A Song of degrees. Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

Behold, as the eyes of servants [look] unto the hand of their masters, [and] as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes [wait] upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.

Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

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Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, [and] with the contempt of the proud.

King James Version

A Song of degrees of David. If [it had not been] the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;

American Standard Version

[A Song of Ascents; of David]. If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, Let Israel now say,

New English Translation

A song of ascents, by David.“If the LORD had not been on our side”– let Israel say this!–

World English Bible

If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, let Israel now say,

If [it had not been] the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:

Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:

Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:

Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

Blessed [be] the LORD, who hath not given us [as] a prey to their teeth.

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

Our help [is] in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

A Song of degrees. They that trust in the LORD [shall be] as mount Zion, [which] cannot be removed, [but] abideth for ever.

As the mountains [are] round about Jerusalem, so the LORD [is] round about his people from henceforth even for ever.

For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.