1 I f it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, let Israel now say,

2 i f it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, 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 stream would have gone over our soul;

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

6 B lessed be Yahweh, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.

7 O ur soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

8 O ur help is in Yahweh’s name, who made heaven and earth.