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1 What if the LORD had not been on our side? Let all Israel repeat:
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If the LORD hadn't been for us— let Israel now repeat!—
2 What if the LORD had not been on our side when people attacked us?
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if the LORD hadn't been for us, when those people attacked us
3 They would have swallowed us alive in their burning anger.
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then they would have swallowed us up whole with their rage burning against us!
4 The waters would have engulfed us; a torrent would have overwhelmed us.
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Then the waters would have drowned us; the torrent would have come over our necks;
5 Yes, the raging waters of their fury would have overwhelmed our very lives.
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then the raging waters would have come over our necks!
6 Praise the LORD, who did not let their teeth tear us apart!
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Bless the LORD because he didn't hand us over like food for our enemies' teeth!
7 We escaped like a bird from a hunter’s trap. The trap is broken, and we are free!
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We escaped like a bird from the hunters' trap; the trap was broken so we escaped!
8 Our help is from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
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Our help is in the name of the LORD, the maker of heaven and earth.
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