1 If God the LORD had not been on our side—
2 let Israel say—had not the LORD been near
3 when foes attacked us, filling us with fear,
and when their wrath against us reached its height,
alive we had been swallowed in their spite.
4 We would have been enveloped by the flood;
over our heads the torrent would have gone;
5 the waters would have carried us along.
6 But praise the LORD, for he has set us free
and has not left us to their cruelty.
7 We have escaped—just as a captured bird
out of the fowler’s net has been set free;
the snare is cut, we are at liberty.
8 Our help is in the name of God the LORD
who made the earth and heavens by his word.
– Sing Psalms
Oremus 