#156: If not for God...

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1 If the LORD had not been on our side— let Israel say— 

2 if the LORD had not been on our side when people attacked us, 

3 they would have swallowed us alive when their anger flared against us; 

4 the flood would have engulfed us, the torrent would have swept over us, 

5 the raging waters would have swept us away. 

6 Praise be to the LORD, who has not let us be torn by their teeth. 

7 We have escaped like a bird from the fowler’s snare; the snare has been broken, and we have escaped. 

8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.

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