| | 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 men attacked us, | |
| | 3 | when their anger flared against us, they would have swallowed us alive; | |
| | 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 out of 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. | |
