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. |