1 A song of ascents. By David:
IfAdonaihadn’t been for us —
let Isra’el repeat it —
2 IfAdonaihadn’t been for us
when people rose to attack us,
3 then, when their anger blazed against us,
they would have swallowed us alive!
4 Then the water would have engulfed us,
the torrent would have swept over us.
5 Yes, the raging water
would have swept right over us.
6 Blessed beAdonai, who did not leave us
to be a prey for their teeth!
7 We escaped like a bird from the hunter’s trap;
the trap is broken, and we have escaped.
8 Our help is in the name ofAdonai,
the maker of heaven and earth.