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A Song of Ascents. By David. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, let Israel now say,
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if it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us,
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then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us,
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then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul.
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Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.
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Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.
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Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
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Our help is in the LORD’s name, who made heaven and earth.
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