| NET Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1A song of ascents, by David. "If the LORD had not been on our side"--let Israel say this!-- | 1A Davidic song of ascents. If the LORD had not been on our side-- let Israel say-- |
| 2if the LORD had not been on our side, when men attacked us, | 2If the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us, |
| 3they would have swallowed us alive, when their anger raged against us. | 3then they would have swallowed us alive in their burning anger against us. |
| 4The water would have overpowered us; the current would have overwhelmed us. | 4Then the waters would have engulfed us; the torrent would have swept over us; |
| 5The raging water would have overwhelmed us. | 5the raging waters would have swept over us. |
| 6The LORD deserves praise, for he did not hand us over as prey to their teeth. | 6Praise the LORD, who has not let us be ripped apart by their teeth. |
| 7We escaped with our lives, like a bird from a hunter's snare. The snare broke, and we escaped. | 7We have escaped like a bird from the hunter's net; the net is torn, and we have escaped. |
| 8Our deliverer is the LORD, the Creator of heaven and earth. | 8Our help is in the name of Yahweh, the Maker of heaven and earth. |
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