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Psalms 124

World English Bible British Edition · Public domain

A Song of Ascents. By David.

1

If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, let Israel now say,

2

if it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us,

3

then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us,

4

then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul.

5

Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

6

Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.

7

Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

8

Our help is in the LORD’s name, who made heaven and earth.

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