| New Living Translation | King James Bible |
| 1What if the LORD had not been on our side? Let all Israel repeat: | 1A Song of degrees of David. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say; |
| 2What if the LORD had not been on our side when people attacked us? | 2If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us: |
| 3They would have swallowed us alive in their burning anger. | 3Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: |
| 4The waters would have engulfed us; a torrent would have overwhelmed us. | 4Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: |
| 5Yes, the raging waters of their fury would have overwhelmed our very lives. | 5Then the proud waters had gone over our soul. |
| 6Praise the LORD, who did not let their teeth tear us apart! | 6Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. |
| 7We escaped like a bird from a hunter’s trap. The trap is broken, and we are free! | 7Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped. |
| 8Our help is from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. | 8Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. |
| Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. | King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com. |
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