• 1. &lt;A Song of Ascents. By David.&gt;<br>
    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 the name of Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.