Had not the Lord, let Israel say,
had not the Lord been on our side,
when men who took us for their prey
attacked us like a surging tide;
2. The waters would have stopped our breath
and stifled our despairing cries,
we should have been engulfed in death,
so swiftly did the waters rise.
3. The Lord be praised: our cries were heard,
the wolves were not to seize their prey;
we kept our freedom, like a bird
that slips the net and flies away.
4. Our help is in the Lord‘s great name,
the Maker of the earth and sky:
he that upholds that mighty frame
will guard his own with watchful eye.