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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 name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.