• 1. &lt;A Song of the going up. Of David.&gt;<br>
    If it had not been the Lord who was on our side (let Israel now say);
  • 2. If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men came up against us;
  • 3. They would have made a meal of us while still living, in the heat of their wrath against us:
  • 4. We would have been covered by the waters; the streams would have gone over our soul;
  • 5. Yes, the waters of pride would have gone over our soul.
  • 6. Praise be to the Lord, who has not let us be wounded by their teeth.
  • 7. Our soul has gone free like a bird out of the net of those who would take her: the net is broken, and we are free.
  • 8. Our help is in the name of the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.