 1 A Song of degrees. Of David. Except that it was the Lord who was for us, O may Israel say; 2 Except that it was the Lord who was for us when men rose against us, 3 then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us; 4 then the waters would have flowed over us, the stream would have gone over our soul; 5 then the proud waters would have gone over our soul. 6 Blessed is the Lord, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth. 7 Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the snare of the fowlers. The snare is broken, and we have escaped. 8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made the heavens and earth.
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