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Psalm 124

We have escaped like a bird

    If it had not been the Lord who was on our side
        - let Israel now say - 
     if it had not been the Lord who was on our side,
        when our enemies attacked us, 
     then they would have swallowed us up alive,
        when their anger was kindled against us; 
     then the flood would have swept us away,
        the torrent would have gone over us; 
     then over us would have gone
        the raging waters.
 
     Blessed be the Lord,
        who has not given us
        as prey to their teeth. 
     We have escaped like a bird
        from the snare of the fowlers;
    the snare is broken,
        and we have escaped.
 
     Our help is in the name of the Lord,
        who made heaven and earth.




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