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# The water would have swept us away ... would have drowned us
This continues the hypothetical statement from the previous verse. It describes a result that did not happen, because Yahweh was actually on their side. AT: "The water did not sweep us away ... did not drown us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo]])
# The water ... the torrent ... the raging waters
These phrases mean the same thing. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
# swept us away ... overwhelmed us ... drowned us
These phrases mean the same thing. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
# the raging waters would have drowned us
Here the enemies of the writer are spoken of as if they were a raging river that would have drowned the Israelites. AT: "our enemies would have destroyed us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])