Psalms 124

1 A Song of the going up. Of David. If it had not been the Lord who was on our side (let Israel now say);

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

2 If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men came up against us;

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

3 They would have made a meal of us while still living, in the heat of their wrath against us:

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

4 We would have been covered by the waters; the streams would have gone over our soul;

[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 Yes, the waters of pride would have gone over our soul.

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

6 Praise be to the Lord, who has not let us be wounded by their teeth.

[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 Our soul has gone free like a bird out of the net of those who would take her: the net is broken, and we are free.

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 Our help is in the name of the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.

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