| NET Bible | Berean Study Bible |
| 1A song of ascents, by David. "If the LORD had not been on our side"--let Israel say this!-- | 1A song of ascents. Of David. If the LORD had not been on our side—let Israel now declare— |
| 2if the LORD had not been on our side, when men attacked us, | 2if the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us, |
| 3they would have swallowed us alive, when their anger raged against us. | 3when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive, |
| 4The water would have overpowered us; the current would have overwhelmed us. | 4then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us, |
| 5The raging water would have overwhelmed us. | 5then the raging waters would have swept us away. |
| 6The LORD deserves praise, for he did not hand us over as prey to their teeth. | 6Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth. |
| 7We escaped with our lives, like a bird from a hunter's snare. The snare broke, and we escaped. | 7We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away. |
| 8Our deliverer is the LORD, the Creator of heaven and earth. | 8Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. |
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