1If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, let Israel now say,
1{Pesem stopinj, Davidova.} Ako bi nam GOSPOD ne bil na strani, reci zdaj, Izrael,
2if it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, when men rose up against us;
2ako bi nam GOSPOD ne bil na strani, ko so vstali ljudje zoper nas:
3then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;
3žive bi nas bili tedaj pogoltnili, ko se je vnela njih jeza proti nam.
4then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul;
4Tedaj bi nas bile poplavile vode, hudournik bi bil šel čez dušo našo –
5then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.
5tedaj bi bile šle čez dušo našo vode silno prevzetne.
6Blessed be Yahweh, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.
6Slavljen GOSPOD, ki nas ni izpostavil za plen njih zobem!
7Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
7Duša naša je odprhnila kakor ptičica iz ptičarjev zanke: zanka se je pretrgala, in mi smo odprhnili.Pomoč naša je v imenu GOSPODOVEM, ki je naredil nebesa in zemljo.
8Our help is in the name of Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.
8Pomoč naša je v imenu GOSPODOVEM, ki je naredil nebesa in zemljo.