¹If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;

²If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:

³Then they had swallowed us up quick,

When their wrath was kindled against us:

⁴Then the waters had overwhelmed us,

The stream had gone over our soul:

⁵Then the proud waters,

Had gone over our soul.

⁶Blessed be the LORD ,

Who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

⁷Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers:

The snare is broken, and we are escaped.

⁸Our help is in the name of the LORD ,

Who made heaven and earth.