A Song of Ascents;
of David.
1
If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, Let Israel now say,
2
If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, When men rose up against us;
3
Then they had swallowed us up alive, When their wrath was kindled against us;
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Then the waters had overwhelmed us, The stream had gone over our soul;
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Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
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Blessed be Jehovah, Who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
7
Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: The snare is broken, and we are escaped.
8
Our help is in the name of Jehovah, Who made heaven and earth.