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1 What if the Lord had not been on our side? Answer, O Israel!
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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 had not been on our side when our enemies 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 alive in their furious anger 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 flood would have carried us away, the water would have covered us,
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4 the flood would have engulfed us, the torrent would have swept over us,
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5 the raging torrent would have drowned us."
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5 the raging waters would have swept us away.
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6 Let us thank the Lord, who has not let our enemies destroy us.
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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 have escaped like a bird from a hunter's trap; the trap is broken, and we are free!
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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 comes from the Lord, who made 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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| Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission. (The Good News Translation - The Holy Bible Online) |
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
