1Ein Lied für die Pilgerfahrt nach Jerusalem. Ein Psalm Davids. Wenn der HERR nicht für uns gewesen wäre – so soll Israel sprechen –, (Ps 94,17; Ps 129,1)2wenn der HERR nicht für uns gewesen wäre, als die Völker sich gegen uns erhoben,3dann hätten sie uns lebendig verschlungen, so groß war ihr Hass auf uns. (Ps 56,2; Ps 57,4)4Wasser hätte uns überflutet, ein reißender Strom hätte uns fortgespült. (Ps 18,17; Ps 69,3)5Die tobenden Fluten hätten uns überwältigt.6Gelobt sei der HERR, der nicht zuließ, dass sie uns mit ihren Zähnen zerrissen!7Wir sind entkommen wie ein Vogel aus dem Netz des Jägers. Das Netz ist zerrissen und wir sind frei! (Ps 91,3; Ps 141,10; Spr 6,5)8Unsere Hilfe kommt vom HERRN[1], der Himmel und Erde gemacht hat. (1Mo 1,1; Ps 121,2)
A song for those who go up to Jerusalem to worship the Lord. A psalm of David.
1Here is what Israel should say. Suppose the LORD had not been on our side.2Suppose the LORD had not been on our side when our enemies attacked us.3Suppose he had not been on our side when their burning anger blazed out against us. Then they would have swallowed us alive.4They would have been like a flood that drowned us. They would have swept over us like a rushing river.5They would have washed us away like a swollen stream.6Give praise to the LORD. He has not let our enemies chew us up.7We have escaped like a bird from a hunter’s trap. The trap has been broken, and we have escaped.8Our help comes from the LORD. He is the Maker of heaven and earth.
1A Song of Ascents. Of David. If it had not been the Lord who was on our side— let Israel now say— (Ps 94,17; Ps 120,1; 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; (Hi 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)