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"Had it not been the LORD who was on our side," Let Israel say,

Psalms 124:1

If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, now may Israel say;

"Had it not been the LORD who was on our side When people rose up against us,

Psalms 124:2

If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us:

Then they would have swallowed us alive, When their anger was kindled against us;

Psalms 124:3

Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:

Then the waters would have flooded over us, The stream would have swept over our souls;

Psalms 124:4

Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:

Then the raging waters would have swept over our souls."

Psalms 124:5

Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

Blessed be the LORD, Who has not given us to be torn by their teeth.

Psalms 124:6

Blessed be the Lord , who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

Our souls have escaped like a bird from the trapper's snare; The snare is broken and we have escaped.

Psalms 124:7

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

Our help is in the name of the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.

Psalms 124:8

Our help is in the name of the Lord , who made heaven and earth.

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