< Psalms 124 >

1 A Song of Degrees. If it had not been that the Lord was among us, let Israel now say;
שִׁיר הַֽמַּעֲלוֹת לְדָוִד לוּלֵי יְהֹוָה שֶׁהָיָה לָנוּ יֹאמַר־נָא יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
2 if it had not been that the Lord was among us, when men rose up against us;
לוּלֵי יְהֹוָה שֶׁהָיָה לָנוּ בְּקוּם עָלֵינוּ אָדָֽם׃
3 verily they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us:
אֲזַי חַיִּים בְּלָעוּנוּ בַּחֲרוֹת אַפָּם בָּֽנוּ׃
4 verily the water would have drowned us, our soul would have gone under the torrent.
אֲזַי הַמַּיִם שְׁטָפוּנוּ נַחְלָה עָבַר עַל־נַפְשֵֽׁנוּ׃
5 Yea, our soul would have gone under the overwhelming water.
אֲזַי עָבַר עַל־נַפְשֵׁנוּ הַמַּיִם הַזֵּידוֹנִֽים׃
6 Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us for a prey to their teeth.
בָּרוּךְ יְהֹוָה שֶׁלֹּא נְתָנָנוּ טֶרֶף לְשִׁנֵּיהֶֽם׃
7 Our soul has been delivered as a sparrow from the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are delivered.
נַפְשֵׁנוּ כְּצִפּוֹר נִמְלְטָה מִפַּח יוֹקְשִׁים הַפַּח נִשְׁבָּר וַאֲנַחְנוּ נִמְלָֽטְנוּ׃
8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
עֶזְרֵנוּ בְּשֵׁם יְהֹוָה עֹשֵׂה שָׁמַיִם וָאָֽרֶץ׃

< Psalms 124 >