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1 A Song of Degrees.
If it had not been that the Lord was among us,
Let Israel now say;
2 If it had not been that the Lord was among us,
When men rose up against us;
3 Verily they would have swallowed us up alive,
When their wrath was kindled against us:
4 Verily the water would have drowned us,
Our soul would have gone under the torrent.
5 Yea, our soul would have gone under
The overwhelming water.
6 Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us
For a prey to their teeth.
7 Our soul has been delivered as a sparrow
From the snare of the fowlers:
The snare is broken, and we are delivered.
8 Our help is in the name of the Lord,
Who made heaven and earth.