المَزامِير 124

١ 1 تَرْنِيمَةُ الْمَصَاعِدِ. لِدَاوُدَ لَوْ لَمْ يَكُنِ الرَّبُّ مَعَنَا لِيَقُلْ إِسْرَائِيلُ،

A Song of Ascents; of David. 'If it had not been the LORD who was for us', let Israel now say;

٢ 2 لَوْ لَمْ يَكُنِ الرَّبُّ مَعَنَا، عِنْدَمَا قَامَ النَّاسُ عَلَيْنَا.

'If it had not been the LORD who was for us, when men rose up against us,

٣ 3 لابْتَلَعُونَا وَنَحْنُ أَحْيَاءُ، عِنْدَمَا احْتَدَمَ غَضَبُهُمْ عَلَيْنَا،

Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;

٤ 4 وَلَجَرَفَتْنَا الْمِيَاهُ، وَلَطَمَا السَّيْلُ عَلَيْنَا،

Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul;

٥ 5 وَلَطَغَتِ الْمِيَاهُ العَاتِيَةُ عَلَى أَنْفُسِنَا.

Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.'

٦ 6 مُبَارَكٌ الرَّبُّ الَّذِي لَمْ يَجْعَلْنَا فَرِيسَةً لأَسْنَانِ أَعْدَائِنَا.

Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

٧ 7 نَجَتْ نُفُوسُنَا كَالْعُصْفُورِ مِنْ فَخِّ الصَّيَّادِينَ: انْكَسَرَ الْفَخُّ وَنَجَوْنَا.

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

٨ 8 عَوْنُنَا بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ صَانِعِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ.

Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.