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They would have been too strong for us,
    like rivers of waters that covered us,
They would have been like deep water over our heads
    that drowned us.[a]

We should praise the Lord!
He did not let our enemies destroy us,
    like wild animals that kill their food and eat it.

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Footnotes

  1. 124:5 The rivers and deep water are pictures of the power of the enemy.

the flood(A) would have engulfed us,
    the torrent(B) would have swept over us,
the raging waters
    would have swept us away.

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

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