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- 1 A Song of Ascents. By David. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, let Israel now say,
- 2 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 up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us,
- 4 then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul.
- 5 Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.
- 6 Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.
- 7 Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
- 8 Our help is in the LORD’s name, who made heaven and earth.