¹What if the Lord had not been on our side?

Let all Israel repeat:

²What if the Lord had not been on our side

when people attacked us?

³They would have swallowed us alive

in their burning anger.

⁴The waters would have engulfed us;

a torrent would have overwhelmed us.

⁵Yes, the raging waters of their fury

would have overwhelmed our very lives.

⁶Praise the Lord ,

who did not let their teeth tear us apart!

⁷We escaped like a bird from a hunter’s trap.

The trap is broken, and we are free!

⁸Our help is from the Lord ,

who made heaven and earth.