¹Nyanyian ziarah Daud. Bagaimana seandainya TUHAN tidak memihak kita? Hai Israel, jawablah demikian:

¹A Song of Ascents; of David. If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, Let Israel now say,

²"Seandainya TUHAN tidak memihak kita waktu kita diserang lawan,

²If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, When men rose up against us;

³maka kita sudah ditelan hidup-hidup, oleh kemarahan mereka yang meluap-luap.

³Then they had swallowed us up alive, When their wrath was kindled against us;

⁴Maka kita sudah dihanyutkan banjir, dan digenangi air;

⁴Then the waters had overwhelmed us, The stream had gone over our soul;

⁵maka kita sudah mati tenggelam dalam pusaran air yang seram."

⁵Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

⁶Mari kita bersyukur kepada TUHAN, sebab Ia tidak membiarkan kita dimusnahkan lawan.

⁶Blessed be Jehovah, Who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

⁷Kita seperti burung yang lepas dari jerat pemburu, jerat itu sudah putus, dan kita pun lepas!

⁷Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: The snare is broken, and we are escaped.

⁸Pertolongan kita datang dari TUHAN yang menciptakan langit dan bumi.

⁸Our help is in the name of Jehovah, Who made heaven and earth.