1 Se não fora Jeová que esteve ao nosso lado, Diga, pois, Israel;

2 Se não fora Jeová que esteve ao nosso lado, Quando os homens se levantaram contra nós:

3 Então nos teriam engolido vivos, Quando a sua ira se acendeu contra nós;

4 Então nos teriam submergido as águas, Sobre a nossa alma teria passado a torrente;

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

6 Bendito seja Jeová, Que não nos entregou, como presa, aos dentes deles.

7 A nossa alma, como um pássaro, escapou do laço dos caçadores; Quebrou-se o laço, e nós escapamos,

8 O nosso auxílio está em o nome de Jeová, Que fez o céu e a terra.

A Song of Ascents; of David.

1 If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side,

Let Israel now say,

2 If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side,

When men rose up against us;

3 Then they had swallowed us up alive,

When their wrath was kindled against us:

4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us,

The stream had gone over our soul;

5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

6 Blessed be Jehovah,

Who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers:

The snare is broken, and we are escaped.

8 Our help is in the name of Jehovah,

Who made heaven and earth.