124 (G25) GROUP II. PSALM (SECOND). TRUST.

G25 K       1,2 Jehovah our help.
            1. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
            2. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:
    L e   3 Voracity of enemies.
            3. Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
      f   4,5 Comparison. Waters.
            4. Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
            5. Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
        M 6∼ Blessed be Jehovah.
            6∼. Blessed be the LORD,
    L e   ∼6 Voracity of enemies.
            ∼6. who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
      f   7 Comparison. Fowlers.
            7. Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
  K       8 Jehovah our help.
            8. Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.