1 “ 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 T hen they would have swallowed us alive, When their wrath was kindled against us;

4 T hen the waters would have overwhelmed us, The stream would have gone over our soul;

5 T hen the swollen waters Would have gone over our soul.”

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

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

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