Saam 124

1 Bawipa mah ningnih benna ama awm mai mantaw – Israelkhqi ing kqawn seh –

A song of ascents; of David. “If Yahweh had not been on our side,” let Israel say now,

2 Bawipa mah ningnih benna ama awm mai mantaw, thlangkhqi ing ningnih ani tuk khqi awh,

“if it had not been Yahweh who was on our side when men rose up against us,

3 cekkhqi ing ningnih ak khan awh amik kaw a so awh; ningnih ce a hqing na nik daih khqi hawh kaw;

then they would have swallowed us up alive when their anger raged against us.

4 tuibau ing ningnih ce ni sing malh kawmsaw, tuibak ce ningnih ak khan na tho hawh kaw,

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

5 tuibau tha ak awm ing ningnih ce ni zawn khqi hawh kaw.

Then the raging waters would have drowned us.”

6 Cekkhqi a ha ing ningnih am choek nawh, Bawipa venawh thangleeknaak awm seh.

Blessed be Yahweh, who has not allowed us to be torn by their teeth.

7 Pha a ham dawng ak dunkung ak dawng awhkawng a hlawng pha amyihna ningnih taw ni awm uhy; dawnkhqui ce boet nawh, ningnih ce ni loet uhy.

We have escaped like a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; the snare has been broken, and we have escaped.

8 Ningmih bawmnaak taw dek ingkaw khan ak saikung, Bawipang ming awh ni a awm.

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