1 “ If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,” Let Israel now say—

If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, now may Israel say;

2 “ If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, When men rose up against us,

If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us:

3 T hen they would have swallowed us alive, When their wrath was kindled against us;

then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:

4 T hen the waters would have overwhelmed us, The stream would have gone over our soul;

then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:

5 T hen the swollen waters Would have gone over our soul.”

then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

6 B lessed be the Lord, Who has not given us as prey to their teeth.

Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

7 O ur soul has escaped as a bird from the snare of the fowlers; The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

8 O ur help is in the name of the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.

Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.