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They would have swept us away like a mighty stream.

Praise the Lord,
    who did not let them chew us up.
We escaped like a bird
    from the hunter’s trap.
The trap broke,
    and we escaped.

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the raging waters
    would have swept us away.

Praise be to the Lord,
    who has not let us be torn by their teeth.
We have escaped like a bird
    from the fowler’s snare;(A)
the snare has been broken,(B)
    and we have escaped.

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