1“A psalm of the steps, or the goings up. By David.” If the LORD had not been for us, Now may Israel say,

2If the LORD had not been for us, When men rose up against us,

3Then had they swallowed us up alive, When their wrath burned against us;

4Then the waters had overwhelmed us; The stream had gone over our soul;

5The proud waters had gone over our soul.

6Blessed be the LORD, Who hath not given us a prey to their teeth!

7We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

8Our help is in the name of the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.