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unless it was the Lord who was for us
when people[a] rose against us,
they would have swallowed us alive
when their anger burned against us.
Then the waters would have submerged us.
The torrent would have swept our lives away.

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  1. Psalm 124:2 The Hebrew has a collective singular, mankind. The context refers to the nations hostile to Israel, especially Assyria and Babylon.

if the Lord had not been on our side
    when people attacked us,
they would have swallowed us alive
    when their anger flared against us;
the flood(A) would have engulfed us,
    the torrent(B) would have swept over us,

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