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,

let Israel now say,

2 if it had not been Yahweh who was on our side,

when men rose up against us,

3 then they would have swallowed us up alive,

when their wrath was kindled against us,

4 then the waters would have overwhelmed us,

the stream would have gone over our soul.

5 Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

6 Blessed be Yahweh,

who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.

7 Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare.

The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

8 Our help is in Yahweh’s name,

who made heaven and earth.