English Standard Version ESV
The Message Bible MSG
1 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side-- let Israel now say--
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If God hadn't been for us - all together now, Israel, sing out! -
2 if it had not been the LORD who was on our side when people rose up against us,
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If God hadn't been for us when everyone went against us,
3 then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us;
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We would have been swallowed alive by their violent anger,
4 then the flood would have swept us away, the torrent would have gone over us;
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Swept away by the flood of rage, drowned in the torrent;
5 then over us would have gone the raging waters.
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We would have lost our lives in the wild, raging water.
6 Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth!
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Oh, blessed be God! He didn't go off and leave us. He didn't abandon us defenseless, helpless as a rabbit in a pack of snarling dogs.
7 We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we have escaped!
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We've flown free from their fangs, free of their traps, free as a bird. Their grip is broken; we're free as a bird in flight.
8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
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God's strong name is our help, the same God who made heaven and earth.
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Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.