1 If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,now may Israel say,
2 if it had not been the Lord who was on our side,when men rose up against us,
3 then they would have swallowed us up,when their wrath was kindled againstus;
4 then the flood would have overwhelmedus,the torrent would have passed over our lives;
5 then the surging waterswould have gone over us.
6 Blessed be the Lord,who has not given us for a prey to their teeth.
7 We have escapedas a bird out of the snare of the hunters;the snare is broken,and we have escaped.
8 Our help is in the name of the Lord,who made heaven and earth.