1 Se o Senhor não estivesse do nosso lado; que Israel o repita:

2 Se o Senhor não estivesse do nosso lado quando os inimigos nos atacaram,

3 eles já nos teriam engolido vivos, quando se enfureceram contra nós;

4 as águas nos teriam arrastado e as torrentes nos teriam afogado;

5 sim, as águas violentas nos teriam afogado!  

6 Bendito seja o Senhor, que não nos entregou para sermos dilacerados pelos dentes deles.

7 Como um pássaro escapamos da armadilha do caçador; a armadilha foi quebrada, e nós escapamos.

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

1 A Song of the going up. Of David. If it had not been the Lord who was on our side (let Israel now say);

2 If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men came up against us;

3 They would have made a meal of us while still living, in the heat of their wrath against us:

4 We would have been covered by the waters; the streams would have gone over our soul;

5 Yes, the waters of pride would have gone over our soul.

6 Praise be to the Lord, who has not let us be wounded by their teeth.

7 Our soul has gone free like a bird out of the net of those who would take her: the net is broken, and we are free.

8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.