1 ¶ If the LORD had not been for us, now may Israel say,

2 I f the LORD had not been for us, when men rose up against us,

3 t hen they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;

4 t hen the waters would have overwhelmed us; the flood would have gone over our soul;

5 t hen the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

6 ¶ Blessed be the LORD, who did not give us as a prey to their teeth.

7 O ur soul has escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; the snare has broken, and we are escaped.

8 O ur help is in the name of the LORD, who made the heaven and the earth.