If the Lord himself had not been on our side, now may Israel say:
if the Lord himself had not been on our side, when men rose up against us;
Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us:
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
Then the proud waters had gone even over our soul.
Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey unto their teeth.
Our soul is escaped even as a bird from the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are delivered.
Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heav’n and earth.
Psalm 124