Psalm 123

The Church giveth glory to God for her deliverance from the hands of her enemies.

1. 1

   A gradual canticle. If it had not been that the Lord was with us, let Israel now say

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   If it had not been that the Lord was with us, when men rose up against us,

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   Perhaps they had swallowed us up alive. When their fury was enkindled against us,

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   Perhaps the waters had swallowed us up.

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   Our soul hath passed through a torrent: perhaps our soul had passed through a water insupportable.

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   Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us to be a prey to their teeth.

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   Our soul hath been delivered, as a sparrow out of the snare of the fowlers. The snare is broken and we are delivered.

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