1 If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, let Israel now say,

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

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

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

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

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

7 Our soul has escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

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