Our Help Is in the Name of the Lord
A Song of Ascents. Of David.
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x If it had not been the Lord who was on our side -
y let Israel now say -
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if it had not been the Lord who was on our side
when people rose up against us,
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then they would have z swallowed us up alive,
when their anger was kindled against us;
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then a the flood would have b swept us away,
the torrent would have gone c over us;
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then over us would have gone
the raging waters.
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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 d the snare of the fowlers;
the snare is broken,
and we have escaped!
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e Our help is in the name of the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.
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Cross References
Psalms 120:1
In my distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me.
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Psalms 94:17
If the Lord had not been my help, my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence.
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Psalms 129:1
Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth" - let Israel now say -
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Psalms 56:1
Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me; all day long an attacker oppresses me.
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Cross References
Psalms 32:6
Therefore let everyone who is godly offer prayer to you at a time when you may be found; surely in the rush of great waters, they shall not reach him.
Job 22:11
Or darkness, so that you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.
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Cross References
Psalms 69:2
I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me.
Isaiah 8:8
And it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass on, reaching even to the neck, and its outspread wings will fill the breadth of your land, O Immanuel.
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Cross References
Psalms 69:1
Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck.
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Psalms 91:3
For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence.
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Psalms 121:2
My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
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