Psalmen 124

1 Een bedevaartslied; van David. Was Jahweh niet vóór ons geweest: Laat Israël getuigen,

You Israeli [people], [answer this question]: What [would have happened to us] if Yahweh had not been (helping/fighting for) us?

2 Toen de mensen tégen ons waren,

When [our enemies] attacked us, if Yahweh had not been fighting for us,

3 Dan hadden zij ons levend verslonden, In hun ziedende woede;

we would have all been killed [IDM] because they were very angry with us!

4 Dan hadden de wateren ons verzwolgen, Had ons een stortvloed bedolven;

[They would have been like] [MET] a flood that swept/carried us away; [it would have been as though] the water would have covered us,

5 Dan waren over ons heengeslagen De bruisende golven.

and we would [all] have drowned in the flood that was (raging/flowing very fast).

6 Maar geprezen zij Jahweh, Die ons geen prooi voor hun tanden heeft gemaakt!

[But] praise Yahweh, because he has not allowed our [enemies to destroy us] [like wild animals] [MET] tear apart [the creatures that they capture].

7 Levend zijn wij ontsnapt, Als een vogel uit het net van den vinker: Het net is gescheurd, En wij zijn ontkomen!

We have escaped [from our enemies] like a bird escapes from the trap that hunters have set; [it is as though] the trap [that our enemies set for us] was broken and we have escaped from it!

8 Onze hulp is in de Naam van Jahweh, Die hemel en aarde heeft gemaakt!

Yahweh is the one who helps us [MTY]; he is the one who made heaven and the earth.