1 Se não fora o Senhor, que esteve ao nosso lado, ora diga Israel;

2 Se não fora o Senhor, que esteve ao nosso lado, quando os homens se levantaram contra nós,

3 Eles então nos teriam engolido vivos, quando a sua ira se acendeu contra nós.

4 Então as águas teriam transbordado sobre nós, e a corrente teria passado sobre a nossa alma;

5 Então as águas altivas teriam passado sobre a nossa alma;

6 Bendito seja o Senhor, que não nos deu por presa aos seus dentes.

7 A nossa alma escapou, como um pássaro do laço dos passarinheiros; o laço quebrou-se, e nós escapamos.

8 O nosso socorro está no nome do Senhor, que fez o céu e a terra.

1 If it had not been LORD who was on our side, let Israel now say,

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

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

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

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

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

7 Our soul has escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

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