If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us:

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

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Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:

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

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

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the flood(A) would have engulfed us,
    the torrent(B) would have swept over us,

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