Our help is in the name of the Lord
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A song of degrees, or Psalme of David. If the Lord had not bene on our side, (may Israel now say)
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If the Lord had not bene on our side, when men rose vp against vs,
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They had then swallowed vs vp quicke, when their wrath was kindled against vs.
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Then the waters had drowned vs, and the streame had gone ouer our soule:
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Then had the swelling waters gone ouer our soule.
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Praysed be the Lord, which hath not giuen vs as a praye vnto their teeth.
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Our soule is escaped, euen as a bird out of the snare of the foulers: the snare is broken, and we are deliuered.
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Our helpe is in the Name of the Lord, which hath made heauen and earth.