b'Psalms 1241A song of degrees, or Psalm of David. If the Lord had not been on our side, (may Israel now say)If the Lord had not been on our side, when men rose up against us,They had then swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us.Then the waters had drowned us, and the stream had gone over our soul:Then had the swelling waters gone over our soul.Praised be the Lord, which hath not given us as a prey unto their teeth.Our soul is escaped, even as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are delivered.Our help is in the Name of the Lord, which hath made heaven and earth.329'