Psalms 124
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A song of ascents. Of David.
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“Had it not been the Lord who was for us” let Israel say
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“Had it not been the Lord who was for us when enemies rose against us,
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then alive they’d have swallowed us up, when their anger was kindled against us.
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Then the waters would’ve swept us away, and the torrent passed over us clean:
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then most sure would’ve passed over us clean the wild seething waters.”
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Blest be the Lord who has given us not to be torn by their teeth.
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We are like a bird just escaped from the snare of the fowler. The snare is broken, and we are escaped.
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Our help is the name of the Lord, the Creator of heaven and earth.
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