Tune: Malvern
(\'Jesus, where\'er thy people meet\')
Psalm 124
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If the LORD was not on our side
Men would o\'ercome us and deride
For they would soon against us rise
Seeking to claim our lives their prize
They would have swallowed us alive
And sure would too bereave, deprive
When their anger was then kindled
Their wrath not abate nor dwindled
Then the waters they would o\'erwhelm
As if a ship with none at helm
The stream would have gone o\'er our soul
And oppressions would take their toll
The proud would persecute us, see
But blessed the name of the LORD be
He has not given us as prey
For them to consume, lost [is] their day
They lose their prey, but we, our soul
Is escaped, as a bird, kept whole
For snare is broken, we set free
Not bounded nor entrapped we be
So thanks and praise the LORD we give
He rescues us, through Him we live
Our help is in His name, [of] great worth
He LORD, maker of heaven and earth