Songs from the Heart Day 17 Psalm 124

Pray the Psalm

Psalm 124

A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. 

A psalm of David.

1 What if the Lord had not been on our side?

    Let all Israel repeat:

2 What if the Lord had not been on our side

    when people attacked us?

3 They would have swallowed us alive

    in their burning anger.

4 The waters would have engulfed us;

    a torrent would have overwhelmed us.

5 Yes, the raging waters of their fury

    would have overwhelmed our very lives.

6 Praise the Lord,

    who did not let their teeth tear us apart!

7 We escaped like a bird from a hunter’s trap.

    The trap is broken, and we are free!

8 Our help is from the Lord,

    who made heaven and earth.

— New Living Translation

Using your favorite translation or your own version of Psalm 124, pray the psalm back to your Father. Thank God for specific instances when you recognize he was at work in your life, protecting you, strengthening you and setting you free from bondage and situations or circumstances that overwhelmed you. Praise him for the specific ways he has set you free from bondage and honor him as the powerful, merciful Creator.