The Holy Innocents, Martyrs: Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 124:2-3, 4-5, 7cd-8

Our soul has been rescued like a bird from the fowler’s snare.

Verse 1:

Had not the LORD been with us—
When men rose up against us,
   then would they have swallowed us alive,
When their fury was inflamed against us.

Verse 2:

Then would the waters have overwhelmed us;
The torrent would have swept over us;
   over us then would have swept the raging waters.

Verse 3:

Broken was the snare,
   and we were freed.
Our help is in the name of the LORD,
   who made heaven and earth.