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