If God had not been on our side
And had not come to aid us
The foes with all their power and pride
Would surely have dismayed us;
For we
His flock
would have to fear
The threat of men both far and near
Who rise in might against us.
Their furious wrath
did God permit
Would surely have consumed us
And as a deep and yawning pit
With life and limb entombed us.
Like men o’er whom dark waters roll
Their wrath would have engulfed our soul
And
like a flood
o’erwhelmed us.
Blest be the Lord
who foiled their threat
That they could not devour us;
Our souls
like birds
escaped their net
They could not overpower us.
The snare is broken—we are free!
Our help is ever
Lord
in Thee
Who madest earth and Heaven.
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