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