[[A song of degrees, or Psalm Chapter of David.]][1]If the Lord had not been on our side, (may Israel now say)[2]If the Lord had not been on our side, when men rose up against us,[3]They had then swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us.[4]Then the waters had drowned us, and the stream had gone over our soul:[5]Then had the swelling waters gone over our soul.[6]Praised be the Lord, which hath not given us as a prey unto their teeth.[7]Our soul is escaped, even as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are delivered.[8]Our help is in the name of the Lord, which hath made heaven and earth.