1 S i el Señor no hubiera estado a nuestro favor, —diga ahora Israel —

“If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,” Let Israel now say—

2 s i el Señor no hubiera estado a nuestro favor cuando los hombres se levantaron contra nosotros,

“If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, When men rose up against us,

3 v ivos nos hubieran tragado entonces cuando su ira se encendió contra nosotros;

Then they would have swallowed us alive, When their wrath was kindled against us;

4 e ntonces las aguas nos hubieran anegado, un torrente hubiera pasado sobre nuestra alma,

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

5 h ubieran pasado entonces sobre nuestra alma las aguas impetuosas.

Then the swollen waters Would have gone over our soul.”

6 B endito sea el Señor, que no nos ha entregado como presa de los dientes de ellos.

Blessed be the Lord, Who has not given us as prey to their teeth.

7 N uestra alma ha escapado cual ave del lazo de los cazadores; el lazo se rompió y nosotros escapamos.

Our soul has escaped as a bird from the snare of the fowlers; The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

8 N uestro socorro está en el nombre del Señor, que hizo los cielos y la tierra.

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