¹ A Song of Ascents. By David. If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, let Israel now say,

     ² if it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, when men rose up against us;

     ³ then they would have swallowed us up 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 proud waters would have gone over our soul.

     ⁶ Blessed be Yahweh, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.

     ⁷ Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler's snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

     ⁸ Our help is in the name of Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.