1 - A Song of Ascents; of David. If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, Let Israel now say,
2 - If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, When men rose up against us;
3 - Then they had swallowed us up alive, When their wrath was kindled against us;
4 - Then the waters had overwhelmed us, The stream had gone over our soul;
5 - Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
6 - Blessed be Jehovah, Who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
7 - Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: The snare is broken, and we are escaped.
8 - Our help is in the name of Jehovah, Who made heaven and earth.