A song of Battle

If the Lord Himself had not been on our side,

now may Israel say:

If the Lord Himself had not been on our side,

when men rose up against us;

Then they had swallowed us up alive,

when their wrath was kindled against us.

Then the waters had overwhelmed us,

The stream had gone over our soul:

Then the proud waters had gone even over our soul.

Blessed be the Lord,

who hath not given us

as a prey unto their teeth.

Our soul is escaped even as a bird

From the snare of the fowlers;

The snare is broken,

and we are delivered.

Our help is in the name of the Lord,

who made heaven and earth.