1En valfartssang af David. „Hvad hvis Herren ikke havde hjulpet os? Lad hele Israel svare.”2Hvis Herren ikke havde hjulpet os, da fjenderne gik til angreb,3havde de slugt os med hud og hår, for de nærede et bundløst had.4De ville have skyllet os fuldstændigt væk, som en flodbølge kom de imod os.5Det brusende vand ville have revet os bort fra de levendes land.6Men lovet være Herren, han lod dem ikke udslette os.7Vi var fanget som en fugl i en fælde, men Herren slap os fri. Han åbnede fælden for os og reddede os fra den visse død.8Det var Herren, der kom os til hjælp, himlens og jordens Skaber.
1If it had not been the LORD who was on our side— let Israel now say— (Salm 94,17; Salm 129,1)2if it had not been the LORD who was on our side when people rose up against us,3then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us; (Salm 56,1)4then the flood would have swept us away, the torrent would have gone over us; (Job 22,11; Salm 32,6; Salm 69,1; Salm 69,2; Es 8,8)5then over us would have gone the raging waters.6Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth!7We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we have escaped! (Salm 91,3)8Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. (Salm 121,2)