Liturgy Martyrs, Sts.
John de Brebeauf and Isaac Jogues, martyrs,
The Response this morning
sang, “Our life, like a bird, has escaped from the snare of the fowler.”
It was a chilly, dreigh day,
and a bird was chirping and gave joy
The discovery of the Online of the KNOX Bible now gives us the direct quotation below.
BibleGateway.com
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+123&version=KNOX
Psalms
123 (Knox Bible) Psalm 123 (124)
1 (A song of ascents. Of David.)
If
the Lord had not been on our side, Israel may boast,
2 if the Lord had not been
on our side when human foes assailed us,
3 it seemed as if they must
have swallowed us up alive, so fierce their anger threatened us.
4 It seemed as if the tide
must have sucked us down, the torrent closed above us;
5 closed above us the
waters that ran so high.
6 Blessed be the Lord, who
has not let us fall a prey to those ravening mouths!
7 Safe, like a bird rescued from the fowler’s snare; the snare is broken and
we are safe!
8 Such help is ours, the
Lord’s help, that made heaven and earth.
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