Translations
If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:
if YHWH not been on our side when 'men rose up against us,
if Yahweh had not been on our side when men rose up against us,
if the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us,
Footnotes
Men here is 'Adam' and it means "a human being" or collective humanity—the enemy is mortal flesh, not a supernatural monster, which makes Yahweh's rescue all the more striking: mere mortals nearly destroyed His people.

