" 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.
