¹Had not the Lord been on our side,

may Israel now say;

²Had not the Lord been on our side,

when men rose us to slay;

³They had us swallow’d quick, when as

their wrath ‘gainst us did flame:

⁴Waters had cover’d us, our soul

had sunk beneath the stream.

⁵Then had the waters, swelling high,

over our soul made way.

⁶Bless’d be the Lord, who to their teeth

us gave not for a prey.

⁷Our soul’s escaped, as a bird

out of the fowler’s snare;

The snare asunder broken is,

and we escaped are.

⁸Our sure and all-sufficient help

is in Jehovah’s name;

His name who did the heav’n create,

and who the earth did frame.