Psalm CXXIV. Nisi quia Dominus, &c.
I
A song of Degrees of David. V.
“Had not the Lord our Cause maintain'd
“The Lord Himself, may Israel say,
“Had not the Lord the Victory for us gain'd,
“Instead of getting, We had lost the day,
“And Captives been to them, who now are made Our prey.
II
On us they came, and like a flood,
Which would within no banks be held,
They fiercer grew, the more they were withstood,
Increas'd in rage, when we their force repell'd,
And by Our opposition higher only swell'd.
III
God on the banks in view did stand,
And when the floods did Lowdest rore,
Mov'd o're the floods His All-commanding hand,
They stood awhile and gaz'd, then backwards bore,
And chid their fellow waves, which came too slow before.
IV
The Lord Himself has made Our Way,
And from their snares has set us free;
The snares are broke, which they for us did lay,
And when they look'd that we should taken be,
God who first loos'd the net, did give us wings to flee.
V
God is Our refuge, and in vain
Frail Man against Him thinks to stand;
His Word made all things, all things do's sustain,
And He deliverance for us will command,
Has past His Word to do it, and will use his Hand!
