1Om Herren inte hade stått på vår sida - det kan hela Israel intyga - om Herren inte hade stått på vår sida,2-3då skulle våra fiender ha svalt oss levande och utplånat oss i sin ilska.4-5Vatten skulle ha övertäckt oss och dragit ner oss i djupen.6Välsignad vare Herren, som inte har låtit dem slita oss i stycken.7Vi har flytt för livet, som fåglar från jägarens snara. Men snaran har gått sönder, och vi är fria!8Vår hjälp kommer från Herren, som har skapat himmel och jord.
1If it had not been the LORD who was on our side— let Israel now say— (Ps 94:17; Ps 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; (Ps 56:1)4then the flood would have swept us away, the torrent would have gone over us; (Job 22:11; Ps 32:6; Ps 69:1; Ps 69:2; Jes 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! (Ps 91:3)8Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. (Ps 121:2)