“If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,” let Israel now say—
2 “If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us,
3 Then they would have swallowed us 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 swollen waters would have gone over our soul.”
6 Blessed be the Lord, Who has not given us as prey to their teeth.
7 Our soul has escaped as a bird from the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we have escaped.
8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.