The LORD the Defense of His People

" 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,

When men rose up against us,

Then they would have swallowed us  alive,

When their wrath was kindled against us;

Then the waters would have overwhelmed us,

The stream would have gone over our soul;

Then the swollen waters

Would have gone over soul."

Blessed be the LORD,

Who has not given us as prey to  their teeth.

Our soul has escaped as a bird from 

the snare of the fowlers;

The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

Our help is in the name of the LORD,

Who made heaven and earth.