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 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.