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"IF it had not been the LORD who was on our a side,"
b Let Israel now say -
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"If it had not been the LORD who was on our side,
When men rose up against us,
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Then they would have c swallowed us alive,
When their wrath was kindled against us;
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Then the waters would have overwhelmed us,
The stream would have 1 gone over our soul;
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Then the swollen waters
Would have 2 gone over our soul."
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Blessed be the LORD,
Who has not given us as prey to their teeth.
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d Our soul has escaped e as a bird from the snare of the 3 fowlers;
The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
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f Our help is in the name of the LORD,
g Who made heaven and earth.