Psalms

Chapter 124

Our Help Is in the Name of the LORD

A song of ascents. Of David.

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1 If the LORD had not been on our side—

let Israel now declare—

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2 if the LORD had not been on our side

when men attacked us,

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3 when their anger flared against us,

then they would have swallowed us alive,

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4 then the floods would have engulfed us,

then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,

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5 then the raging waters

would have swept us away.

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6 Blessed be the LORD,

who has not given us as prey to their teeth.

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7 We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler;

the net is torn, and we have slipped away.

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8 Our help is in the name of the LORD,

the Maker of heaven and earth.

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