1 If the Lord had not been on our side —
let Israel say —

2 If the Lord had not been on our side
when people attacked us,

3 then they would have swallowed us alive
in their burning anger against us.

4 Then the water would have engulfed us;
the torrent would have swept over us;

5 the raging water would have swept over us.

6 Blessed be the Lord,
who has not let us be ripped apart by their teeth.

7 We have escaped like a bird from the hunter’s net;
the net is torn, and we have escaped.

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