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 hath 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.