| Vers | English: King James Version | Latin: Vulgata Clementina |
| 1 | If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say; | Canticum graduum. Qui confidunt in Domino, sicut mons Sion : non commovebitur in æternum, qui habitat |
| 2 | If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us: | in Jerusalem. Montes in circuitu ejus ; et Dominus in circuitu populi sui, ex hoc nunc et usque in sæculum. |
| 3 | Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: | Quia non relinquet Dominus virgam peccatorum super sortem justorum ; ut non extendant justi ad iniquitatem manus suas, |
| 4 | Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: | benefac, Domine, bonis, et rectis corde. |
| 5 | Then the proud waters had gone over our soul. | Declinantes autem in obligationes, adducet Dominus cum operantibus iniquitatem. Pax super Israël ! |
| 6 | Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. | |
| 7 | Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped. | |
| 8 | Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. |