ლოცვა წმინდა წერილის წაკითხვამდე
1. (A Song of degrees of David.) If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;2. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:3. Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:4. Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:5. Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.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.