1 A Song of Degrees. If it had not been that the Lord was among us, let Israel now say ;

2 if it had not been that the Lord was among us, when men rose up against us ;

3 verily they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us :

4 verily the water would have drowned us, our soul would have gone under the torrent.

5 Yea, our soul would have gone under the overwhelming water.

6 Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us for a prey to their teeth.

7 Our soul has been delivered as a sparrow from the snare of the fowlers : the snare is broken, and we are delivered.

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