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A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. A psalm of David.
What if the LORD had not been on our side?
Let all Israel repeat:
What if the LORD had not been on our side?
Let all Israel repeat:
“Had it not been the LORD who was on our side,”
Let Israel now say,
Let Israel now say,
What if the LORD had not been on our side
when people attacked us?
when people attacked us?
“Had it not been the LORD who was on our side
When men rose up against us,
When men rose up against us,
They would have swallowed us alive
in their burning anger.
in their burning anger.
Then they would have swallowed us alive,
When their anger was kindled against us;
When their anger was kindled against us;
The waters would have engulfed us;
a torrent would have overwhelmed us.
a torrent would have overwhelmed us.
Then the waters would have engulfed us,
The stream would have swept over our soul;
The stream would have swept over our soul;
Yes, the raging waters of their fury
would have overwhelmed our very lives.
would have overwhelmed our very lives.
Then the raging waters would have swept over our soul.”
Praise the LORD,
who did not let their teeth tear us apart!
who did not let their teeth tear us apart!
Blessed be the LORD,
Who has not given us to be torn by their teeth.
Who has not given us to be torn by their teeth.
We escaped like a bird from a hunter’s trap.
The trap is broken, and we are free!
The trap is broken, and we are free!
Our soul has escaped as a bird out of the snare of the trapper;
The snare is broken and we have escaped.
The snare is broken and we have escaped.