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A Song of Ascents; of David. 'If it had not been HaShem who was for us', let Israel now say;

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'If it had not been HaShem who was for us, when men rose up against us,

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Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;

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Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul;

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Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.'

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Blessed be HaShem, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

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Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

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Our help is in the name of HaShem, who made heaven and earth.