The Bible in Basic English BBE
Good News Translation GNT
1 <A Song of the going up. Of David.> If it had not been the Lord who was on our side (let Israel now say);
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What if the Lord had not been on our side? Answer, O Israel!
2 If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men came up against us;
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"If the Lord had not been on our side when our enemies attacked us,
3 They would have made a meal of us while still living, in the heat of their wrath against us:
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then they would have swallowed us alive in their furious anger against us;
4 We would have been covered by the waters; the streams would have gone over our soul;
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then the flood would have carried us away, the water would have covered us,
5 Yes, the waters of pride would have gone over our soul.
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the raging torrent would have drowned us."
6 Praise be to the Lord, who has not let us be wounded by their teeth.
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Let us thank the Lord, who has not let our enemies destroy us.
7 Our soul has gone free like a bird out of the net of those who would take her: the net is broken, and we are free.
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We have escaped like a bird from a hunter's trap; the trap is broken, and we are free!
8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.
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Our help comes from the Lord, who made 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.