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1 If the LORD hadn't been for us— let Israel now repeat!—
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If it had not been the Lord who was on our side —let Israel now say—
2 if the LORD hadn't been for us, when those people attacked us
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if it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when our enemies attacked us,
3 then they would have swallowed us up whole with their rage burning against us!
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then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us;
4 Then the waters would have drowned us; the torrent would have come over our necks;
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then the flood would have swept us away, the torrent would have gone over us;
5 then the raging waters would have come over our necks!
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then over us would have gone the raging waters.
6 Bless the LORD because he didn't hand us over like food for our enemies' teeth!
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Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us as prey to 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 snare of the fowlers; the snare is 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, who made heaven and earth.