1If the Lord had not been on our side, (may Israel now say)
2If the Lord had [not] been on our side, when men rose up against us,
3They had then swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us.
4Then the waters had drowned us, and the stream had gone over our soul:
5Then had the swelling waters gone over our soul.
6Praised be the Lord, which hath not given us as a prey unto their teeth.
7Our soul is escaped, even as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are delivered.
8Our help is in the Name of the Lord, which hath made heaven and earth.