Cântico para os peregrinos a caminho de Jerusalém; salmo de Davi.

1 E se o Senhor não estivesse ao nosso lado?

Que todo o Israel diga:

2 E se o Senhor não estivesse ao nosso lado

quando os inimigos nos atacaram?

3 Eles nos teriam engolido vivos

com sua ira ardente contra nós.

4 As águas nos teriam encoberto,

a correnteza nos teria afogado.

5 Sim, as águas violentas de sua fúria

nos teriam afogado.

6 Louvado seja o Senhor,

que não permitiu que nos despedaçassem com seus dentes!

7 Escapamos como um pássaro que foge da armadilha do caçador;

a armadilha se quebrou, e estamos livres!

8 Nosso socorro vem do Senhor,

que fez os céus e a terra.

A Song of degrees of David.

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.