Psalms 124

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1 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;	1 A song of ascents. Of David. I Had not the LORD been with us, let Israel say,
2 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:	2 Had not the LORD been with us, when people rose against us,
3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:	3 They would have swallowed us alive, for their fury blazed against us.
4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:	4 The waters would have engulfed us, the torrent overwhelmed us;
5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.	5 seething waters would have drowned us.
6 Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.	6 Blessed be the LORD, who did not leave us to be torn by their fangs.
7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.	7 We escaped with our lives like a bird from the fowler's snare; the snare was broken and we escaped.
8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.	8 Our help is the name of the LORD, the maker of heaven and earth.