1«A Song of degrees of David.» If [it had not been] the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say; 2If the Lord had not bene on our side, when men rose vp against vs, 3Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: 4Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: 5Then had the swelling waters gone ouer our soule. 6Praysed be the Lord, which hath not giuen vs as a praye vnto their teeth. 7Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped. 8Our helpe is in the Name of the Lorde, which hath made heauen and earth.