1 （大卫上行之诗。）以色列人要说，若不是耶和华帮助我们，
A song of ascents. Of David. If the LORD had not been on our side--let Israel say-- |
2 若不是耶和华帮助我们，当人起来攻击我们，
if the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us, |
3 向我们发怒的时候，就把我们活活地吞了。
when their anger flared against us, they would have swallowed us alive; |
4 那时，波涛必漫过我们，河水必淹没我们。
the flood would have engulfed us, the torrent would have swept over us, |
5 狂傲的水必淹没我们。
the raging waters would have swept us away. |
6 耶和华是应当称颂的。他没有把我们当野食交给他们吞吃（原文作牙齿）。
Praise be to the LORD, who has not let us be torn by their teeth. |
7 我们好像雀鸟，从捕鸟人的网罗里逃脱。网罗破裂，我们逃脱了。
We have escaped like a bird out of the fowler's snare; the snare has been broken, and we have escaped. |
8 我们得帮助，是在乎倚靠造天地之耶和华的名。
Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. |
