1 ل ِيَقُلْ إسرائِيلُ، لَو لَمْ يَكُنِ اللهُ مَعَنا!

If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, Let Israel now say,

2 ل َو لَمْ يَكُنِ اللهُ مَعَنا عِندَما قامَ عَلَينا هَؤُلاءِ!

If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, When men rose up against us;

3 ل ابتَلَعَنا أعداؤُنا أحياءَ عِندَ اشتِعالِ غَضَبِهِمْ!

Then they had swallowed us up alive, When their wrath was kindled against us;

4 ل اجتاحُونا كَطُوفانٍ، وَغَمَرَنا السَّيلُ الجارِفُ.

Then the waters had overwhelmed us, The stream had gone over our soul;

5 ل أغرَقُونا فِي المِياهِ الثّائِرَةِ.

Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

6 ب ارِكُوا اللهَ الَّذِي لَمْ يَجعَلْنا فَرِيسَةً لأسنانِهِمْ.

Blessed be Jehovah, Who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

7 ك ُنّا كَعُصفُورٍ كادَ فَخُّ الصَّيّادِ أنْ يُطبِقَ عَلَيهِ. وَانكَسَرَ الفَخُّ، وَنَحنُ أفلَتْنا.

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: The snare is broken, and we are escaped.

8 ع َونُنا جاءَ مِنَ اللهِ الَّذِي صَنَعَ السَّماءَ وَالأرْضَ.

Our help is in the name of Jehovah, Who made heaven and earth.