--- title: Psalms 124 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Psalms chapter 124 of the Tanakh (Ketuvim — the Writings) in Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: A Song of Ascents; of David. 'If it had not been the LORD who was for us', let Israel now say; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/124/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Psalms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/) / chapter 124 # Psalms 124 8 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [124:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.124.1/) — שִׁיר הַֽמַּעֲלוֹת לְדָוִדלוּלֵי יְהוָה שֶׁהָיָה לָנוּ יֹֽאמַר־נָא יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ — A Song of Ascents; of David. 'If it had not been the LORD who was for us', let Israel now say; - [124:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.124.2/) — לוּלֵי יְהוָה שֶׁהָיָה לָנוּ בְּקוּם עָלֵינוּ אָדָֽם׃ — 'If it had not been the LORD who was for us, when men rose up against us, - [124:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.124.3/) — אֲזַי חַיִּים בְּלָעוּנוּ בַּחֲרוֹת אַפָּם בָּֽנוּ׃ — Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us; - [124:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.124.4/) — אֲזַי הַמַּיִם שְׁטָפוּנוּ נַחְלָהעָבַר עַל־נַפְשֵֽׁנוּ׃ — Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul; - [124:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.124.5/) — אֲזַי עָבַר עַל־נַפְשֵׁנוּ הַמַּיִם הַזֵּֽידוֹנִֽים׃ — Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.' - [124:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.124.6/) — בָּרוּךְ יְהוָה שֶׁלֹּא נְתָנָנוּ טֶרֶף לְשִׁנֵּיהֶֽם׃ — Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. - [124:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.124.7/) — נַפְשֵׁנוּ כְּצִפּוֹר נִמְלְטָה מִפַּח יוֹקְשִׁים הַפַּח נִשְׁבָּר וַאֲנַחְנוּ נִמְלָֽטְנוּ׃ — Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we are escaped. - [124:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.124.8/) — עֶזְרֵנוּ בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה עֹשֵׂה שָׁמַיִם וָאָֽרֶץ׃ — Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. - ← previous: [Psalms 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/123/) - next →: [Psalms 125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/125/) - ↑ back to [Psalms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/)