1 Cântico das peregrinações. De Davi. Se o Senhor não tivesse estado conosco, sim, diga-o Israel,

2 se o Senhor não tivesse estado conosco, os homens que se insurgiram contra nós

3 ter-nos-iam então devorado vivos. Quando seu furor se desencadeou contra nós,

4 as águas nos teriam submergido. Uma torrente teria passado sobre nós.

5 Então nos teriam recoberto as ondas intumescidas.

6 Bendito seja o Senhor, que não nos entregou como presa aos seus dentes.

7 Nossa alma escapou como um pássaro, dos laços do caçador. Rompeu-se a armadilha, e nos achamos livres.

8 Nosso socorro está no nome do Senhor, criador do céu e da 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.