Psalms 124

1 A Canticle in steps. If the Lord had not been with us, let Israel now say it:

Bawipa mah ningnih benna ama awm mai mantaw – Israelkhqi ing kqawn seh –

2 if the Lord had not been with us, when men rose up against us,

Bawipa mah ningnih benna ama awm mai mantaw, thlangkhqi ing ningnih ani tuk khqi awh,

3 perhaps they would have swallowed us alive. When their fury was enraged against us,

cekkhqi ing ningnih ak khan awh amik kaw a so awh; ningnih ce a hqing na nik daih khqi hawh kaw;

4 perhaps the waters would have engulfed us.

tuibau ing ningnih ce ni sing malh kawmsaw, tuibak ce ningnih ak khan na tho hawh kaw,

5 Our soul has passed through a torrent. Perhaps, our soul had even passed through intolerable water.

tuibau tha ak awm ing ningnih ce ni zawn khqi hawh kaw.

6 Blessed is the Lord, who has not given us into the harm of their teeth.

Cekkhqi a ha ing ningnih am choek nawh, Bawipa venawh thangleeknaak awm seh.

7 Our soul has been snatched away like a sparrow from the snare of the hunters. The snare has been broken, and we have been freed.

Pha a ham dawng ak dunkung ak dawng awhkawng a hlawng pha amyihna ningnih taw ni awm uhy; dawnkhqui ce boet nawh, ningnih ce ni loet uhy.

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

Ningmih bawmnaak taw dek ingkaw khan ak saikung, Bawipang ming awh ni a awm.