Psalms 124

1 A song of ascents. Of David. If the LORD had not been on our side— let Israel now declare—

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

2 if the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us,

nisi quia Dominus erat in nobis, Cum exurgerent homines in nos,

3 when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,

forte vivos deglutissent nos: Cum irasceretur furor eorum in nos,

4 then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,

forsitan aqua absorbuisset nos.

5 then the raging waters would have swept us away.

Torrentem pertransivit anima nostra: forsitan pertransisset anima nostra aquam intolerabilem.

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

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

7 We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.

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

8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.

Adiutorium nostrum in nomine Domini, qui fecit caelum et terram.