---
title: Joseph Smith Translation (1867 edition)
description: Psalms from the Joseph Smith Translation (JST), 1867 edition.
authors:
  - Smith, Joseph, Jr.
collections:
  - joseph-smith
tags:
  - translation
published: "1867"
publisher: RLDS Publication Board
publisher_place: Plano, Illinois
publisher_note: "The title page reads: Published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; Joseph Smith, I. L. Rogers, E. Robinson, Publishing Committee; 1867."
edition: First edition (Plano, 1867)
language: en
type: book
chapter: 124
verse_count: 6
reference: "Joseph Smith Jr., *Joseph Smith Translation*, first edition (Plano, IL: RLDS Publication Board, 1867), Psalms, chap. 124, https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft."
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft
  identifier: holyscripturestr00smituoft
  scan: University of Toronto / Trinity College Library copy, Internet Archive
  transcription: "OCR text of the 1867 scans (Toronto copy and a second copy, holyscriptures00smit), reconciled word by word; Romans was also checked against the page images. Method, per-chapter validation log and known limits: docs/jst-1867-import.md."
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: 1867 US publication
  source: https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft
  publication_year: 1867
---

# Psalms 124

*Israel praiseth God for deliverance.. A Song of degrees of David.*

**1** Ow may Israel say, If the Lord 1 was riot on our side when men rose up against us, then they had swallowed us up quick when their wrath was kindled against us.
**2** Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul;
**3** Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
**4** Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
**5** Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
**6** Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.