²⁰ Sitten länsipuoli: Suuri meri rajasta sen paikan kohdalle, mistä mennään Hamatiin. Tämä on länsipuoli.

²⁵ Mutta hän huusi Herran puoleen; ja Herra osoitti hänelle puun, jonka hän heitti veteen, ja vesi tuli makeaksi. Siellä hän antoi kansalle lain ja oikeuden, ja siellä hän koetteli sitä.

¹ If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, let Israel now say,

² if it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, when men rose up against us;

³ then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;

⁴ then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul;

⁵ then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

⁶ Blessed be Yahweh, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.

⁷ Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler's snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

⁸ Our help is in the name of Yahweh, who made heaven and earth. A Song of Ascents.