1. “If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,”Let Israel now say—
2. “If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,When men rose up against us,
3. Then they would have swallowed us alive,When their wrath was kindled against us;
4. Then the waters would have overwhelmed us,The stream would have gone over our soul;
5. Then the swollen watersWould have gone over our soul.”