1. A song of ascents. Of David. I Had not the LORD been with us, let Israel say,

2. Had not the LORD been with us, when people rose against us,

3. They would have swallowed us alive, for their fury blazed against us.

4. The waters would have engulfed us, the torrent overwhelmed us;

5. seething waters would have drowned us.

6. Blessed be the LORD, who did not leave us to be torn by their fangs.

7. We escaped with our lives like a bird from the fowler's snare; the snare was broken and we escaped.

8. Our help is the name of the LORD, the maker of heaven and earth.





“O Senhor sempre orienta e chama; mas não se quer segui-lo e responder-lhe, pois só se vê os próprios interesses. Às vezes, pelo fato de se ouvir sempre a Sua voz, ninguém mais se apercebe dela; mas o Senhor ilumina e chama. São os homens que se colocam na posição de não conseguir mais escutar.” São Padre Pio de Pietrelcina