• 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 had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:

  • 4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:

  • 5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

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

  • 7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

  • 8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.