If the LORD himself had not been on our side, now may | Isra•el say;

* if the LORD himself had not been on our side, when | men rose up against us;

2 They had swallowed us | up alive;

* when they were so wrathful- | -ly displeased at us.

3 Yea, the waters had | drowned us,

* and the stream had | gone •over• our soul.

4 The deep waters | of the proud

* had gone | even •over• our soul.

5 But praised | be the LORD,

* who hath not given us over for a | prey •unto• their teeth.

6 Our soul is escaped even as a bird out of the snare | of the fowler;

* the snare is broken, | and we are delivered.

7 Our help standeth in the Name | of the LORD,

* who hath | made •heaven• and earth.

Glory be to the Father, and | to the Son,

* and | to the Holy Ghost,

As it was in the beginning, is now, and | ever shall be,

* world without | end.  Amen.