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What if the Lord had not been on our side?
Let all Israel repeat:
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What if the Lord had not been on our side
when people attacked us?
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They would have swallowed us alive
in their burning anger.
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The waters would have engulfed us;
a torrent would have overwhelmed us.
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Yes, the raging waters of their fury
would have overwhelmed our very lives.
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Praise the Lord ,
who did not let their teeth tear us apart!
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We escaped like a bird from a hunter’s trap.
The trap is broken, and we are free!
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Our help is from the Lord ,
who made heaven and earth.