المَزامِير 124

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

“A song of the degrees by David.” If it had not been the Lord who was for us, so should Israel 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 would they have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;

٤ 4 وَلَجَرَفَتْنَا الْمِيَاهُ، وَلَطَمَا السَّيْلُ عَلَيْنَا،

Then would the waters have overwhelmed us, the stream would have passed over our soul;

٥ 5 وَلَطَغَتِ الْمِيَاهُ العَاتِيَةُ عَلَى أَنْفُسِنَا.

Then would have passed over our soul the presumptuous waters.

٦ 6 مُبَارَكٌ الرَّبُّ الَّذِي لَمْ يَجْعَلْنَا فَرِيسَةً لأَسْنَانِ أَعْدَائِنَا.

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

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

Our soul is escaped like 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, the maker of heaven and earth.