1Se o SENHOR não tivesse estado ao nosso lado, e Israel deve confessá-lo, o que teria sido de nós?2Se o SENHOR não tivesse estado connosco, o que teria sido de nós, quando os adversários nos atacaram?3Ter-nos-iam engolido vivos, quando o seu ódio desabou sobre nós.4Teríamos ficado submersos sob essa avalanche.5Ter-nos-íamos afogado sob esse dilúvio.6SENHOR, aceita o nosso reconhecimento, por não teres permitido que nos devorassem.7A nossa alma escapou como o pássaro que foge da armadilha; a armadilha partiu-se e ficámos livres!8O nosso socorro está na força do nome do SENHOR que fez o céu e a Terra!
1A Song of Ascents. Of David. If it had not been the Lord who was on our side— let Israel now say— (Sl 94:17; Sl 120:1; Sl 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; (Sl 56:1)4then the flood would have swept us away, the torrent would have gone over us; (Jó 22:11; Sl 32:6; Sl 69:1; Sl 69:2; Is 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! (Sl 91:3)8Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. (Sl 121:2)