Psalms 124

1 A Song of Ascents. By David. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, let Israel now say,

Canticum graduum. Nisi quia Dominus erat in nobis, dicat nunc Israël,

2 if it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us,

nisi quia Dominus erat in nobis: cum exsurgerent homines in nos,

3 then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us,

forte vivos deglutissent nos; cum irasceretur furor eorum in nos,

4 then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul.

forsitan aqua absorbuisset nos;

5 Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

torrentem pertransivit anima nostra; forsitan pertransisset anima nostra aquam intolerabilem.

6 Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.

Benedictus Dominus, qui non dedit nos in captionem dentibus eorum.

7 Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

Anima nostra sicut passer erepta est de laqueo venantium; laqueus contritus est, et nos liberati sumus.

8 Our help is in the LORD’s name, who made heaven and earth.

Adjutorium nostrum in nomine Domini, qui fecit cælum et terram.