1 “A psalm of the steps, or the goings up. By David.” If the LORD had not been for us, Now may Israel say, 2 If the LORD had not been for us, When men rose up against us, 3 Then had they swallowed us up alive, When their wrath burned against us; 4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us; The stream had gone over our soul; 5 The proud waters had gone over our soul. 6 Blessed be the LORD, Who hath not given us a prey to their teeth! 7 We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; The snare is broken, and we have escaped. 8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.