Psalm 124

"If the LORD had not been on our side..." Looking back, Israel sees how close they came to being swallowed. Then comes a lovely image: a bird escaping the trap, "the net is torn." Gratitude often comes from honestly imagining what didn't happen.

"We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away." (Psalm 124:7)