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1 A song of ascents. By David: If ADONAI hadn't been for us -let Isra'el repeat it -
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1 If the LORD had not been on our side-- let Israel say--
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2 If ADONAI hadn't been for us when people rose to attack 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, when their anger blazed against us, they would have swallowed us alive!
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3 when their anger flared against us, they would have swallowed us alive;
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4 Then the water would have engulfed us, the torrent would have swept over us.
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4 the flood would have engulfed us, the torrent would have swept over us,
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5 Yes, the raging water would have swept right over us.
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5 the raging waters would have swept us away.
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6 Blessed be ADONAI, who did not leave us to be a prey for their 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 hunter's trap; the trap is broken, and we have 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 ADONAI, 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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