| | 1 | A Song of Ascents. Of David. "If it had not been the LORD who was on our side," Let Israel now say-- | |
| | 2 | "If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, When men rose up against us, | |
| | 3 | Then they would have swallowed us alive, When their wrath was kindled against us; | |
| | 4 | Then the waters would have overwhelmed us, The stream would have gone over our soul; | |
| | 5 | Then the swollen waters Would have gone over our soul." | |
| | 6 | Blessed be the LORD, Who has not given us as prey to their teeth. | |
| | 7 | Our soul has escaped as a bird from the snare of the fowlers; The snare is broken, and we have escaped. | |
| | 8 | Our help is in the name of the LORD, Who made heaven and earth. | |
