¹ Unless it was the Lord who was for us—
let Israel say—
² unless it was the Lord who was for us
when people^[a] rose against us,
³ they would have swallowed us alive
when their anger burned against us.
⁴ Then the waters would have submerged us.
The torrent would have swept our lives away.
⁵ Then the wild waters would have swept us away.
⁶ Blessed be the Lord,
    who has not let us be prey for their teeth.
⁷ We have escaped with our lives
    like a bird out of the fowlers’ snare.
The snare has been broken, and we have escaped.
⁸ Our help is in the name of the Lord,
    the Maker of heaven and earth.