Our Help Is in the Name of the LORD

A song of ascents. Of David.

If the LORD had not been on our side—

let Israel now declare—

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if the LORD had not been on our side

when men attacked us,

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when their anger flared against us,

then they would have swallowed us alive,

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then the floods would have engulfed us,

[then] the torrent would have overwhelmed us,

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then the raging waters

would have swept us away

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Blessed [be] the LORD,

who has not given us as prey to their teeth.

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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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Our help is in the name of the LORD,

the Maker of heaven and earth.