Tingtoeng 124

1 [David kah Tangtlaeng Laa] Israel loh, “Mamih ham BOEIPA te om pawt koinih,” ti laeh saeh.

A Song of Degrees. If it had not been that the Lord was among us, let Israel now say;

2 Hlang loh mamih taengah a tlai vaengah mamih ham BOEIPA om pawt koinih;

if it had not been that the Lord was among us, when men rose up against us;

3 Mamih taengah a thintoek neh a sai vaengah mamih he a hingsai n'dolh uh ni.

verily they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us:

4 Tui loh mamih n'yo vetih soklong loh mamih hinglu he a kawt pawn ni.

verily the water would have drowned us, our soul would have gone under the torrent.

5 Lungpok tui loh mamih kah hinglu a et ni.

Yes, our soul would have gone under the overwhelming water.

6 Amih no dongah maeh la mamih aka tloeng pawh BOEIPA te a yoethen pai saeh.

Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us for a prey to their teeth.

7 Mamih kah hinglu tah vaa bangla pael neh a hlaeh khui lamloh loeih. Pael te rhek tih mamih n'loeih uh.

Our soul has been delivered as a sparrow from the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are delivered.

8 Vaan neh diklai aka saii BOEIPA ming dongah mamih bomkung om.

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