The actual, original, first printing of the 1611 King James Version (‘HE’ Bible) — Psalms Chapter 124.

CHAP. CXXIV.

The Church blesseth God, for a miraculous deliuerance.

¹ [A song of degrees of Dauid.] If it had not bene the Lord who was on our side: nowe may Israel say:

² If it had not bene the Lord, who was on our side, when men rose vp against vs:

³ Then they had swallowed vs vp quicke: when their wrath was kindled against vs.

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⁴ Then the waters had ouerwhelmed vs; the streame had gone ouer our soule.

⁵ Then the proud waters had gone ouer our soule.

⁶ Blessed be the Lord: who hath not giuen vs as a pray to their teeth.

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⁷ Our soule is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the foulers; the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

⁸ Our helpe is in the name of the Lord: who made heauen and earth.⁸

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