Refrain: Our help is in the name of the Lord.
1 If the Lord himself had not been on our side, ♦
now may Israel say;
2 If the Lord had not been on our side, ♦
when enemies rose up against us;
3 Then would they have swallowed us alive ♦
when their anger burned against us;
4 Then would the waters have overwhelmed us
and the torrent gone over our soul; ♦
over our soul would have swept the raging waters. [R]
5 But blessed be the Lord ♦
who has not given us over to be a prey for their teeth.
6 Our soul has escaped
as a bird from the snare of the fowler; ♦
the snare is broken and we are delivered.
7 Our help is in the name of the Lord, ♦
who has made heaven and earth.
Refrain: Our help is in the name of the Lord.
O God, maker of heaven and earth,
you save us in the water of baptism
and by the suffering of your Son you set us free;
help us to put our trust in his victory
and to know the salvation won for us
by Jesus Christ our Lord.
Common Worship: Daily Prayer, material from which is included here,
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