1 "Had it not been the Lord who was on our side,"

Let Israel say,

2 "Had it not been the Lord who was on our side

When people rose up against us,

3 Then they would have swallowed us alive,

When their anger was kindled against us;

4 Then the waters would have flooded over us,

The stream would have *swept over our souls;

5 Then the raging waters would have *swept over our souls."

6 Blessed be the Lord,

Who has not given us *to be torn by their teeth.

7 Our souls have escaped like a bird from the trapper’s snare;

The snare is broken and we have escaped.

8 Our help is in the name of the Lord,

Who made heaven and earth.