1. If the Lord had not been on our side –let Israel say –
2. if the Lord had not been on our sidewhen people attacked us,
3. they would have swallowed us alivewhen their anger flared against us;
4. the flood would have engulfed us,the torrent would have swept over us,
5. the raging waterswould have swept us away.
6. Praise be to the Lord,who has not let us be torn by their teeth.