1 A song of ascents. Of David.Had not the Lord been with us,let Israel say,
2 Had not the Lord been with us,when people rose against us,
3 Then they would have swallowed us alive,for their fury blazed against us.
4 Then the waters would have engulfed us,the torrent overwhelmed us;
5 then seething water would have drowned us.
6 Blessed is the Lord, who did not leave usto be torn by their teeth.
7 We escaped with our lives like a birdfrom the fowler’s snare;the snare was broken,and we escaped.