1 “ Had it not been the Lord who was on our side,” Let Israel now say,

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

3 T hen they would have swallowed us alive, When their anger was kindled against us;

4 T hen the waters would have engulfed us, The stream would have swept over our soul;

5 T hen the raging waters would have swept over our soul.”

6 B lessed be the Lord, Who has not given us to be torn by their teeth.

7 O ur soul has escaped as a bird out of the snare of the trapper; The snare is broken and we have escaped.

8 O ur help is in the name of the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.