A Song of Ascents. Of David.
1	“If it had not been the LORD who was on our side,” Let Israel now say—
2	“If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, When men rose up against us,
3	Then they would have swallowed us 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 swollen waters Would have gone over our soul.”
6	Blessed be the LORD, Who has not given us as prey to their teeth.
7	Our soul has escaped as a bird from the snare of the fowlers; The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
8	Our help is in the name of the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.