Psalms 124
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“A song of the degrees by David.” If it had not been the Lord who was for us, so should Israel say;
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If it had not been the Lord who was for us, when men rose up against us:
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Then would they have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;
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Then would the waters have overwhelmed us, the stream would have passed over our soul;
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Then would have passed over our soul the presumptuous waters.
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Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us up as a prey to their teeth.
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Our soul is escaped like a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
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Our help is in the name of the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.
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