Psalms 124

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

I NA aole i noho pu o Iehova me kakou, Wahi a ka Iseraela,

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

Ina aole i noho pu o Iehova me kakou, I ka wa i ala ku e mai ai na kanaka ia kakou,

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

Ina ua moni koke mai lakou ia kakou, I ka wela ana o ko lakou huhu ia kakou.

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

Ina ua poipu hoi na wai maluna o kakou, A ua hiki mai ka waikahe maluna o ko kakou uhane:

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

Ina ua kahe no hoi ka waiholomoku maluna o ko kakou uhane.

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

E hoomaikaiia o Iehova, Ka mea haawi ole ia kakou i waiwai pio i ko lakou niho.

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

Ua hoopakeleia no ko kakou uhane, Me he manu la, mai ka hei ana aku i ka poe lawaiamanu; Ua moku ka upena a ua hoopakeleia kakou.

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

Aia no ko kakou kokua, maloko o ka inoa o Iehova, Ka mea nana i hana ka lani me ka honua.