If it had not been that the Lord was among us,

Let Israel now say;

2 If it had not been that the Lord was among us,

When men rose up against us;

3 Verily they would have swallowed us up alive,

When their wrath was kindled against us:

4 Verily the water would have drowned us,

Our soul would have gone under the torrent.

5 Yea, our soul would have gone under

The overwhelming water.

6 Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us

For a prey to their teeth.

7 Our soul has been delivered as a sparrow

From the snare of the fowlers:

The snare is broken, and we are delivered.

8 Our help is in the name of the Lord,

Who made heaven and earth.