- 1If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, let Israel now say,
- 2if it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us;
- 3then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;
- 4then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul;
- 5then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.
- 6Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.
- 7Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
- 8Our help is in the Lord’s name, who made heaven and earth.