| 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. |