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 Yahweh had not been on our side,” let Israel say now,

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

“if it had not been Yahweh 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 anger raged against us.

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

The water would have swept us away; the torrent would have overwhelmed us.

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

Then the raging waters would have drowned us.”

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

Blessed be Yahweh, who has not allowed us to be torn by 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 out of the snare of the fowlers; the snare has been broken, and we have escaped.

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

Our help is in Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.