1. 以色列人要说，若不是耶和华在我们这边， If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, Oh, let Israel say,
2. 若不是耶和华在我们这边，当人起来攻击我们， If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side When men rose up against us;
3. 向我们发怒的时候，早就把我们活活的吞了； Then they would have swallowed us up alive When their anger burned against us;
4. 那时，大水必漫过我们，河水必淹没我们； Then the waters would have washed us away; The stream would have passed over our soul;
5. 那时，狂傲的水必淹没我们。 Then the proud waters Would have passed over our soul.
6. 耶和华是当受颂赞的，祂没有把我们交给敌人，作他们爪牙下的猎物。 Blessed be Jehovah, who has not given us As prey to 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。 Our soul has escaped like a bird, Out of the snare of the fowlers; The snare is broken, And we have escaped.
8. 我们得帮助，是在于造天地之耶和华的名。 Our help is in the name of Jehovah, Who made heaven and earth.