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

A Davidic song of ascents.If the Lord had not been on our side—
let Israel say—

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

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

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

Then the waters would have engulfed us;
the torrent would have swept over us;

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

the raging waters would have swept over us.