Psalm 124 (2nd Version) Old 124th Scottish Metrical Psalter 1650

Free Church of Scotland: Age to Age Psalm Selections
Publisher: ReformedNet
Psalm 124 (2nd Version) Lyrics
1 Now Israel may say, and that truly,
If that the Lord had not our cause maintained;
2 If that the Lord had not our right sustained,
When cruel men against us furiously
Rose up in wrath, to make of us their prey;

3 Then certainly they had devoured us all,
And swallowed quick, for ought that we could deem;
Such was their rage, as we might well esteem.
4 And as fierce floods before them all things drown,
So had they brought our soul to death quite down.

5 The raging streams, with their proud swelling waves,
Had then our soul o'erwhelmèd in the deep.
6 But blessed be God, who doth us safely keep,
And hath not giv'n us for a living prey
Unto their teeth, and bloody cruelty.

7 Ev'n as a bird out of the fowler's snare
Escapes away, so is our soul set free:
Broke are their nets, and thus escapèd we.
8 Therefore our help is in the Lord's great name,
Who heav'n and earth by his great pow'r did frame.

[westminstercovenanter]

“We have now before us one of the choicest and most excellent parts of all the Old Testament, nay, so much is there in it of Christ and his gospel, as well as of God and his law, that it has been called the summary of both Testaments.” ~ Matthew Henry on the Book of Psalms

[philipgeddes]

When I was growing up we would always sing this psalm on Remembrance Sunday, to remind us that the victory was given to us by God and not our own hands.

[davidshedlock]

My favorite Psalm. I am a bird that by grace alone escaped from the fowler who would destroy my soul. Thanks for posting this.

[ronaldbeuzekom]

What a most beautiful version is this! Thanks for you posting this. A great blessing to my soul! May God for ever be praised for His Sovereign Grace!