GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New King James Version NKJV
1 "If the LORD had not been on our side..." (Israel should repeat this.)
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A Song of Ascents. Of David. "If it had not been the Lord who was on our side," Let Israel now say--
2 "If the LORD had not been on our side when people attacked us,
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"If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, When men rose up against us,
3 then they would have swallowed us alive when their anger exploded against us.
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Then they would have swallowed us alive, When their wrath was kindled against us;
4 Then the floodwaters would have swept us away. An [overflowing] stream would have washed us away.
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Then the waters would have overwhelmed us, The stream would have gone over our soul;
5 Then raging water would have washed us away."
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Then the swollen waters Would have gone over our soul."
6 Thank the LORD, who did not let them sink their teeth into us.
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Blessed be the Lord, Who has not given us as prey to their teeth.
7 We escaped like a bird caught in a hunter's trap. The trap was broken, and we escaped.
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Our soul has escaped as 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.