¹ Unless it was the Lord who was for us—
let Israel say—
² unless it was the Lord who was for us
when people ^[1] rose against us,
³ they would have swallowed us alive
when their anger burned against us.
⁴ Then the waters would have submerged us.
The torrent would have swept our lives away.
⁵ Then the wild waters would have swept us away.
⁶ Blessed be the Lord,
    who has not let us be prey for their teeth.
⁷ We have escaped with our lives
    like a bird out of the fowlers’ snare.
The snare has been broken, and we have escaped.
⁸ Our help is in the name of the Lord,
    the Maker of heaven and earth.

¹ Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion.
It cannot be shaken. It will stand forever.
² As Jerusalem is surrounded by mountains,
so the Lord surrounds his people from now to eternity.
³ No, the scepter of wickedness will not rest
    on the land assigned to the righteous,
so that the righteous do not reach out their hands toward evil.
⁴ Do good, O Lord, for the good
and for those who are upright in their hearts.
⁵ But those who turn to their crooked ways—
the Lord will send them away with the evildoers.
Peace be on Israel.

¹ When the Lord restored the captives to Zion, ^[2]
    we were like dreamers.
² Then our mouths were filled with laughter,
and our tongues with shouts of joy.
Then they said among the nations,
“The Lord has done great things for them.”
³ The Lord has done great things for us.
We are glad.
⁴ Restore our fortunes, O Lord, like the dry gulches of the Negev.
⁵ Those who sow with weeping will reap with joyful shouts.
⁶ The one who walks along weeping, carrying a bag of seed to sow,
    will come back again with joyful shouts, carrying his sheaves.