1. A song of ascents. Of David.Had not the Lord been with us,let Israel say,
2. Had not the Lord been with us,when people rose against us,
3. Then they would have swallowed us alive,for their fury blazed against us.
4. Then the waters would have engulfed us,the torrent overwhelmed us;
5. then seething water would have drowned us.
6. Blessed is the Lord, who did not leave usto be torn by their teeth.
7. We escaped with our lives like a birdfrom the fowler’s snare;the snare was broken,and we escaped.
8. Our help is in the name of the Lord,the maker of heaven and earth.