1 What if the Lord had not been on our side?

Answer, O Israel!

2 "If the Lord had not been on our side

when our enemies attacked us,

3 then they would have swallowed us alive

in their furious anger against us;

4 then the flood would have carried us away,

the water would have covered us,

5 the raging torrent would have drowned us."

6 Let us thank the Lord,

who has not let our enemies destroy us.

7 We have escaped like a bird from a hunter's trap;

the trap is broken, and we are free!

8 Our help comes from the Lord,

who made heaven and earth.