1大衛朝聖之歌（原文作“往上行之歌”）。願以色列人說：如果不是耶和華幫助我們，（本節在《馬索拉抄本》包括細字標題）
1If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, let Israel now say,
2如果不是耶和華幫助我們；那麼，人起來攻擊我們，
2if it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, when men rose up against us;
3向我們發怒的時候，就把我們活活吞下去了。
3then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;
4那時，洪水漫過我們，急流淹沒我們；
4then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul;
5洶湧的洪水把我們淹沒。
5then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.
6耶和華是應當稱頌的，他沒有容讓敵人把我們當作獵物撕裂。
6Blessed be Yahweh, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.
7我們像雀鳥從捕鳥的人的網羅裡逃脫；網羅破裂，我們就逃脫了。
7Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
8我們的幫助在於耶和華的名，他是造天地的主。
8Our help is in the name of Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.