A Song of Ascents. By David.
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If it had not been YHVH who was on our side,
let Israel now say,
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if it had not been YHVH who was on our side,
when men rose up against us,
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then they would have swallowed us up alive,
when their wrath was kindled against us,
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then the waters would have overwhelmed us,
the stream would have gone over our soul.
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Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.
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Blessed be YHVH,
who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.
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Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare.
The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
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Our help is in YHVH’s name,
who made heaven and earth.