¹Canticum graduum.A Canticle in steps.Nisi quia Dominus erat in nobis,If the Lord had not been with us,dicat nunc Israël,let Israel now say it:

¹Canticum graduum.A Canticle in steps.Nisi quia Dominus erat in nobis,If the Lord had not been with us,dicat nunc Israël,let Israel now say it:

²nisi quia Dominus erat in nobis:if the Lord had not been with us,cum exsurgerent homines in nos,when men rose up against us,

²nisi quia Dominus erat in nobis:if the Lord had not been with us,cum exsurgerent homines in nos,when men rose up against us,

³forte vivos deglutissent nos;perhaps they would have swallowed us alive.cum irasceretur furor eorum in nos,When their fury was enraged against us,

³forte vivos deglutissent nos;perhaps they would have swallowed us alive.cum irasceretur furor eorum in nos,When their fury was enraged against us,

⁴forsitan aqua absorbuisset nos;perhaps the waters would have engulfed us.

⁴forsitan aqua absorbuisset nos;perhaps the waters would have engulfed us.

⁵torrentem pertransivit anima nostra;Our soul has passed through a torrent.forsitan pertransisset anima nostra aquam intolerabilem.Perhaps, our soul had even passed through intolerable water.

⁵torrentem pertransivit anima nostra;Our soul has passed through a torrent.forsitan pertransisset anima nostra aquam intolerabilem.Perhaps, our soul had even passed through intolerable water.

⁶Benedictus Dominus,Blessed is the Lord,qui non dedit nos in captionem dentibus eorum.who has not given us into the harm of their teeth.

⁶Benedictus Dominus,Blessed is the Lord,qui non dedit nos in captionem dentibus eorum.who has not given us into the harm of their teeth.

⁷Anima nostra sicut passer erepta est de laqueo venantium;Our soul has been snatched away like a sparrow from the snare of the hunters.laqueus contritus est,The snare has been broken,et nos liberati sumus.and we have been freed.

⁷Anima nostra sicut passer erepta est de laqueo venantium;Our soul has been snatched away like a sparrow from the snare of the hunters.laqueus contritus est,The snare has been broken,et nos liberati sumus.and we have been freed.

⁸Adjutorium nostrum in nomine Domini,Our help is in the name of the Lord,qui fecit cælum et terram.who made heaven and earth.

⁸Adjutorium nostrum in nomine Domini,Our help is in the name of the Lord,qui fecit cælum et terram.who made heaven and earth.