| New King James Version | NET Bible |
| 1A Song of Ascents. Of David. “If it had not been the LORD who was on our side,” Let Israel now say— | 1A song of ascents, by David. "If the LORD had not been on our side"--let Israel say this!-- |
| 2“If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, When men rose up against us, | 2if the LORD had not been on our side, when men attacked us, |
| 3Then they would have swallowed us alive, When their wrath was kindled against us; | 3they would have swallowed us alive, when their anger raged against us. |
| 4Then the waters would have overwhelmed us, The stream would have gone over our soul; | 4The water would have overpowered us; the current would have overwhelmed us. |
| 5Then the swollen waters Would have gone over our soul.” | 5The raging water would have overwhelmed us. |
| 6Blessed be the LORD, Who has not given us as prey to their teeth. | 6The LORD deserves praise, for he did not hand us over as prey to their teeth. |
| 7Our soul has escaped as a bird from the snare of the fowlers; The snare is broken, and we have escaped. | 7We escaped with our lives, like a bird from a hunter's snare. The snare broke, and we escaped. |
| 8Our help is in the name of the LORD, Who made heaven and earth. | 8Our deliverer is the LORD, the Creator of heaven and earth. |
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