# Psalm 124 A Song of Ascents. Of David. 
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1. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side— let Israel now say— 
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2. if it had not been the LORD who was on our side when people rose up against us, 
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3. then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us; 
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4. then the flood would have swept us away, the torrent would have gone over us; 
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5. then over us would have gone the raging waters. 
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6. Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth! 
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7. We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we have escaped! 
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8. Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. 

(ESV)