1 - ?A song of ascents. Of David.?
If the Lord had not been on our side - let Israel say -
2 - if the Lord had not been on our side when people attacked us,
3 - they would have swallowed us alive when their anger flared against us;
4 - the flood would have engulfed us, the torrent would have swept over us,
5 - the raging waters would have swept us away.
6 - Praise be to the Lord, who has not let us be torn by their teeth.
7 - We have escaped like a bird from the fowler's snare; the snare has been broken, and we have escaped.
8 - Our help is in the name of the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.