• 1. {A Song of degrees. Of David.}<br>
    If it had not been Jehovah who was for us -- oh let Israel say --
  • 2. If it had not been Jehovah who was for us, when men rose up against us,
  • 3. Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us;
  • 4. Then the waters had overwhelmed us, a torrent had gone over our soul;
  • 5. Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
  • 6. Blessed be Jehovah, who gave us not up 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 have escaped.
  • 8. Our help is in the name of Jehovah, the maker of heavens and earth.