Psalms 124

Which worship songs are based on Psalms 124?

  1. Psalm 124 (Out of the Snare) — Sons of Korah (2017) Psalms 124:1-8

    The song closely renders the complete psalm, including Israel's counterfactual destruction, the images of engulfing waters and a bird escaping a broken trap, and the concluding confession of trust in the Creator.

  2. Powerplay — Behold the Beloved (2024) Psalms 124:1-2

    The chorus closely echoes the psalm's repeated declaration that the Lord stands on his people's side against their adversaries. Its communal language and conflict setting make Psalm 124 more specific than broader biblical statements about divine support.

  3. Psalm 124 (Let Israel Now Say in Thankfulness) — Brian Sauvé (2023) Psalms 124:1-8

    The entire song closely paraphrases Psalm 124, preserving its communal call to Israel, images of engulfing waters and an escaped bird, and its concluding confession that help comes from the Creator.

  4. The Voyage of St. Brendan — Brian Sauvé (2021) Psalms 124:1-2

    The opening confession closely adapts the psalm’s repeated declaration that Israel’s survival depends upon the covenant Lord being on its side.

  5. If It Had Not Been For The Lord — Keith & Kristyn Getty & Matt Boswell & Matt Papa (2023) Psalms 124:1-5

    The opening verse closely follows the psalm's repeated declaration that Israel would have perished without the Lord's presence, retaining its imagery of engulfing waters.

  6. Hold Me Down — Ariel Fitz-Patrick (2025) Psalms 124:1-2

    The testimony about the Lord being on the singer’s side closely reproduces the opening declaration of Psalm 124, adapted from Israel’s communal voice into personal testimony.

  7. God Of Israel — I.D.O.4. (2021) Psalms 124:1-2

    The chorus recasts Psalm 124's central confession that survival depended entirely upon the Lord being on his people's side. Its identification of God as the singer's help also corresponds to the psalm's closing declaration of reliance upon the Lord.

  8. Healer — Todd Galberth (2025) Psalms 124:1-8

    The worship ad-libs closely personalize Psalm 124's central confession that survival depended upon the Lord being on his people's side. The song's astonishment at continued life also reflects the psalm's imagery of narrowly escaping destruction.

  9. Justified - Live — Smokie Norful (2016) Psalms 124:1-2

    The repeated conditional acknowledgment that survival depended upon the Lord being on the worshipers’ side closely reproduces the opening confession of Psalm 124.

Psalms 124 (King James Version)

1 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;

2 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:

3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:

4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:

5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

6 Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.