Chapter 124

  If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, Let Israel now say,  

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  If it had not been Yahweh 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 Yahweh, 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 the name of Yahweh, Who made heaven and earth. Psalm 125 A Song of Ascents.  

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