1If the LORD had not been on our side - let Israel now say -
2if the LORD had not been on our side when people rose up against us,
3then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their anger burned against us.
4Then the waters would have covered us over, and 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 up as prey for their teeth.
7Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the trap of the bird catchers. The trap is broken, and we have escaped.
8Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.