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Our Help is in the Name of the LORD

¹ A Song of Ascents. Of David. If the LORD had not been on our side—let Israel now declare—² if the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us,³ when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,⁴ then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,⁵ then the raging waters would have swept us away.

⁶ Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.⁷ We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.⁸ Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.