1 *Se não fora Jeová que esteve ao nosso lado,

*diga, pois, Israel;

2 se não fora Jeová que esteve ao nosso lado,

quando os homens se levantaram contra nós,

3 então, nos teriam *engolido vivos,

quando a *sua ira se acendeu contra nós;

4 então, nos *teriam submergido as águas,

sobre a nossa alma teria passado *a torrente;

5 então, sobre a nossa alma teriam passado as águas altivas.

6 Bendito seja Jeová,

que não nos entregou, *como presa, aos dentes deles!

7 A nossa alma, *como um pássaro, *escapou do *laço dos caçadores;

quebrou-se o laço, e nós escapamos.

8 O nosso *auxílio está em o nome de Jeová,

que fez o céu e a terra.

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.