¹A Song of Ascents. By David. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, let Israel now say,

²if it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us,

³then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us,

⁴then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul.

⁵Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

⁶Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.

⁷Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

⁸Our help is in the LORD’s name, who made heaven and earth.