1 Se o Senhor não estivesse do nosso lado; que Israel o repita:

2 Se o Senhor não estivesse do nosso lado quando os inimigos nos atacaram,

3 eles já nos teriam engolido vivos, quando se enfureceram contra nós;

4 as águas nos teriam arrastado e as torrentes nos teriam afogado;

5 sim, as águas violentas nos teriam afogado!  

6 Bendito seja o Senhor, que não nos entregou para sermos dilacerados pelos dentes deles.

7 Como um pássaro escapamos da armadilha do caçador; a armadilha foi quebrada, e nós escapamos.

8 O nosso socorro está no nome do Senhor, que fez os céus e a terra.

1 If it had not been, Yahweh, who was on our side, oh might Israel say:

2 If it had not been, Yahweh, who was on our side, when men rose up against us,

3 Then, alive, had they swallowed us up, in the glow of their anger against us;

4 Then, the waters, had whelmed us, the torrent, gone over our soul;

5 Then, had gone over our soul the waters so proud!

6 Blessed, be Yahweh, who gave us not as prey to their teeth.

7 Our soul, as a bird, hath escaped from the snare of the fowlers, The snare, is broken, and, we, are escaped:

8 Our help, is in the Name of Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.