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.