詩篇 124

1 若不是上主保佑我們，唯願以色列子民再說：

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

2 若不是上主保佑我們，當世人起來攻擊我們，

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

3 並向我們發洩怒火時，必會活活將我們舌食。

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

4 就像淹沒我們的水禍，流過我們頭頸的洪波。

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

5 又像洶湧澎湃的狂浪，早已將我們淹沒滅亡。

Then the raging waters would have drowned us.”

6 讚美上主，他沒有將我們拋出，使我們做成他爪牙的獵物；

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

7 我們像掙脫獵人羅網的小鳥，羅網扯破了，我們自然逃掉。

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

8 我們的救助是仰賴上主的名，上天和下地都是由他所造成。

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