Psalms

¹ A song of ascents. Of David. 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.