> If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, Let Israel now say,

If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, When men rose up against us;

Then they would have swallowed us up alive, When their wrath was kindled against us;

Then the waters would have overwhelmed us, The stream would have gone over our soul;

Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

Blessed be Yahweh, Who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.

Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler's snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

Our help is in the name of Yahweh, Who made heaven and earth.