1A Song of Ascents; of David. If it had not been Yehovah who was on our side, Let Israel now say,
2If it had not been Yehovah who was on our side, When men rose up against us;
3Then they would have swallowed us up alive, When their wrath was kindled against us:
4Then the waters would have overwhelmed us, The stream would have gone over our soul;
5Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.
6Blessed be Yehovah, Who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.
7Our soul has escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
8Our help is in the name of Yehovah, Who made heaven and earth.