Psalms 124

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

canticum graduum huic David nisi quia Dominus erat in nobis dicat nunc Israhel

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

nisi quia Dominus erat in nobis cum exsurgerent in nos homines

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

forte vivos degluttissent 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