1If it had not been Adonai who was on our side, let Israel [God prevails] now say,

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

3then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;

4then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul;

5then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

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

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

8Our help is in Adonai’s name, who made heaven and earth.