Saam 124

1 David ih kasang laa. Aicae bangah Angraeng om ai nahaeloe, Israelnawk mah hae tiah thui o nasoe;

A song of ascents. Of David. If the LORD had not been on our side— let Israel now declare—

2 aicae bangah Angraeng om ai nahaeloe, kaminawk loe aicae ih misa ah om o tih,

if the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us,

3 nihcae mah aicae han palung ang phui o thuih naah, aicae to kahing ah na paaeh o tih boeh;

when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,

4 kalen tui mah aicae khuk khoep ueloe, aicae pakhra nuiah tui to long tih boeh;

then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,

5 kamoek tuinawk loe aicae pakhra nuiah long o tih boeh.

then the raging waters would have swept us away.

6 Nihcae mah aicae haa hoi kaek hanah paek ai, Angraeng loe tahamhoihaih om nasoe.

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

7 Aicae ih pakhra loe dongh patung kami ih dongh thung hoi kaloih tavaa baktiah loih o; dongh qui to apet dok moe, aicae loe a loih o.

We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.

8 Aicae abomhaih loe van hoi long sahkung, Angraeng ih ahmin ah ni oh.

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