Saam 124

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

[A Song of Ascents. By David.] If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, let Israel now say,

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

if it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us;

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

then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;

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

then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul;

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

then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

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 a 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.

Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler's snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

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

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