¶Dauid acknowledgeth that he and his people had ben vtterly destroyed through the violence of enemies, if God had not ben on their side with his present ayde.
[unspec A] 1 IF God him selfe had not ben “ 1.1 of our side Israel may now say: if God him self had not ben of our side when men rose vp against vs,
2 Then they had swalowed vs vp quicke: when their wrath was so infla∣med against vs.
3 Then the waters had drowned vs: the running streame had flowed ouer our soule.
4 Then the waters of the proude: had [unspec B] flowed ouer our soule.
5 But blessed be God, whiche hath not geuen vs ouer for a pray vnto their teeth.
6 Our soule is escaped, euen as a byrde out of the snare of the fouler: the snare is broken, and we be escaped.
7 Our helpe is in the name of God: who hath made heauen and earth.