If God had been on our side we would not exist, either as people or as a people. If the Lord did not save us from enemies we would be dead, physically and spiritually. The three spiritual enemies want our bodies dead, separated from the soul and from God.
But God gave us a Savior who rescued us from Sin, Death and Devil. He saved us from 4 metaphors: 1) from a monster that would have swallowed us up, but death is swallowed up in victory; 2) from raging waters that would overwhelm us, but the storm is stilled; 3) from beasts tearing us with teeth, but Satan is crushed; 4) from the trap of the bird hunter, but the snare is broken we are escaped from the penalty of sin.
We would not be alive eternally and enjoying God’s life if the Lord had not been our Savior and Protector. We would not continue to live eternally today and tomorrow if the Lord should ever stop being our Savior and Protector. But our Lord Jesus does not stop: He forgives sin daily and richly, delivers constantly from death and the devil, continually gives eternal life, gives daily bread, protects and defends from evil, hears prayers, lives in the heart and is with us always.