A song of ascents. Of David.
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If the LORD had not been on our side; let Israel say -
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if the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us,
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when their anger flared against us, they would have swallowed us alive;
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the flood would have engulfed us, the torrent would have swept over us,
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the raging waters would have swept us away.
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Praise be to the LORD, who has not let us be torn by their teeth.
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We have escaped like a bird out of the fowler's snare;
the sanre has been broken and we have escaped.
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Our help is in the name of the LORD,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
