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1 If the LORD hadn't been for us— let Israel now repeat!—
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1 If the LORD had not been on our side-- let Israel say--
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2 if the LORD hadn't been for us, when those people attacked us
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2 if the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us,
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3 then they would have swallowed us up whole with their rage burning against us!
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3 when their anger flared against us, they would have swallowed us alive;
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4 Then the waters would have drowned us; the torrent would have come over our necks;
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4 the flood would have engulfed us, the torrent would have swept over us,
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5 then the raging waters would have come over our necks!
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5 the raging waters would have swept us away.
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6 Bless the LORD because he didn't hand us over like food for our enemies' teeth!
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6 Praise be to the LORD, who has not let us be torn by their teeth.
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7 We escaped like a bird from the hunters' trap; the trap was broken so we escaped!
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7 We have escaped like a bird out of the fowler's snare; the snare has been broken, and we have escaped.
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8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, the maker of heaven and earth.
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8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
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