2 sim, se o Senhor não tivesse estado connosco, quando os nossos adversários se lançaram contra nós,3 ter-nos-iam engolido vivos quando o seu ódio desabou sobre nós.4 Teríamos ficado submersos sob essa avalanche, sob esse dilúvio em cima de nós.6 Senhor, aceita o nosso reconhecimento por não teres permitido que nos devorassem.7 A nossa alma escapou-se-lhes como um pássaro que foge de uma armadilha; a armadilha partiu-se e ficámos livres!

1 A Song of Ascents; of David. 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 man 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 as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: The snare is broken, and we have escaped.8 Our help is in the name of Yahweh, Who made heaven and earth.