1 Psalm 124 The Lord Is on Our Side A song of ascents. Of David. If the Lord had not been on our side — let Israel say —2 If the Lord had not been on our side when people attacked us,3 then they would have swallowed us alive in their burning anger against us.4 Then the water would have engulfed us; the torrent would have swept over us;5 the raging water would have swept over us.6 Blessed be the Lord , who has not let us be ripped apart by their teeth.7 We have escaped like a bird from the hunter’s net; the net is torn, and we have escaped.8 Our help is in the name of the Lord , the Maker of heaven and earth.