The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 A song of ascents. By David: If ADONAI hadn't been for us -let Isra'el repeat it -
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<A Song of the going up. Of David.> If it had not been the Lord who was on our side (let Israel now say);
2 If ADONAI hadn't been for us when people rose to attack us,
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If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men came up against us;
3 then, when their anger blazed against us, they would have swallowed us alive!
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They would have made a meal of us while still living, in the heat of their wrath against us:
4 Then the water would have engulfed us, the torrent would have swept over us.
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We would have been covered by the waters; the streams would have gone over our soul;
5 Yes, the raging water would have swept right over us.
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Yes, the waters of pride would have gone over our soul.
6 Blessed be ADONAI, who did not leave us to be a prey for their teeth!
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Praise be to the Lord, who has not let us be wounded by their teeth.
7 We escaped like a bird from the hunter's trap; the trap is broken, and we have escaped.
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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.
8 Our help is in the name of ADONAI, 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.