Psalms 124

1 A Song of Degrees. If it had not been that the Lord was among us, let Israel now say;

若不是上主保佑我們，唯願以色列子民再說：

2 if it had not been that the Lord was among us, when men rose up against us;

若不是上主保佑我們，當世人起來攻擊我們，

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

並向我們發洩怒火時，必會活活將我們舌食。

4 verily the water would have drowned us, our soul would have gone under the torrent.

就像淹沒我們的水禍，流過我們頭頸的洪波。

5 Yea, our soul would have gone under the overwhelming water.

又像洶湧澎湃的狂浪，早已將我們淹沒滅亡。

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

讚美上主，他沒有將我們拋出，使我們做成他爪牙的獵物；

7 Our soul has been delivered as a sparrow from the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are delivered.

我們像掙脫獵人羅網的小鳥，羅網扯破了，我們自然逃掉。

8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

我們的救助是仰賴上主的名，上天和下地都是由他所造成。