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Psalm 124

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,

3Then they would have swallowed us alive, When their wrath was kindled against us;

4Then the waters would have overwhelmed us, The stream would have gone over our soul;

5Then the swollen waters Would have gone over our soul."

6Blessed be the LORD, Who has not given us as prey to their teeth.

7Our soul has escaped as a bird from the snare of the fowlers; The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

8Our help is in the name of the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.