The Message Bible MSG
New Living Translation NLT
1 If God hadn't been for us - all together now, Israel, sing out! -
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What if the LORD had not been on our side? Let all Israel repeat:
2 If God hadn't been for us when everyone went against us,
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What if the LORD had not been on our side when people attacked us?
3 We would have been swallowed alive by their violent anger,
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They would have swallowed us alive in their burning anger.
4 Swept away by the flood of rage, drowned in the torrent;
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The waters would have engulfed us; a torrent would have overwhelmed us.
5 We would have lost our lives in the wild, raging water.
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Yes, the raging waters of their fury would have overwhelmed our very lives.
6 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.
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Praise the LORD, who did not let their teeth tear us apart!
7 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.
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We escaped like a bird from a hunter’s trap. The trap is broken, and we are free!
8 God's strong name is our help, the same God who made heaven and earth.
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Our help is from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
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