A Song of Degrees. If it had not been that the Lord was among us, let Israel now say;
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if it had not been that the Lord was among us, when men rose up against us;
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verily they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us:
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verily the water would have drowned us, our soul would have gone under the torrent.
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Yea, our soul would have gone under the overwhelming water.
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Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us for a prey to their teeth.
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Our soul has been delivered as a sparrow from the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are delivered.
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Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
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