1 What if the Lord had not been on our side?(Let Israel repeat this.)
2 What if the Lord had not been on our sidewhen we were attacked?
3 When they were angry with us,they would have swallowed us alive.
4 They would have been like a flood drowning us;they would have poured over us like a river.
5 They would have swept us away like a mighty stream.
6 Praise the Lord,who did not let them chew us up.
7 We escaped like a birdfrom the hunter’s trap.The trap broke,and we escaped.
8 Our help comes from the Lord,who made heaven and earth.