Psalms 124 / 150
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(Our Help Is in the Name of the Lord)A Song of Ascents. Of David.
If it had not been the Lord who was on our side--
let Israel now say--
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if it had not been the Lord who was on our side
when people rose up against us,
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then they would have swallowed us up alive,
when their anger was kindled against us;
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then the flood would have swept us away,
the torrent would have gone over us;
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then over us would have gone
the raging waters.
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Blessed be the Lord,
who has not given us
as prey to their teeth!
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We have escaped like a bird
from the snare of the fowlers;
the snare is broken,
and we have escaped!
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Our help is in the name of the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.