Psalms 124:2
if the LORD had not been on our side
What it says
If the LORD had not been with them when men rose against them, ruin would have followed.
What it is doing
This verse begins to name the threat from which they were spared.
In context
1A song of ascents. Of David. 2if the LORD had not been on our side 3when their anger flared against us, 4then the floods would have engulfed us, 5then the raging waters 6Blessed be the LORD, 7We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; 8Our help is in the name of the LORD,