• 1. ¶ IF it had not been the LORD who stood on our side, now may Israel say,
  • 2. If it had not been the LORD who stood on our side when men rose up against us,
  • 3. Then would they have swallowed us alive when their wrath was kindled against us,
  • 4. Then would they have drowned us in the waters, the stream would have gone over us;
  • 5. Then the great waters would have gone over us.
  • 6. ¶ Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.
  • 7. Our soul has escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we are delivered.
  • 8. Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.