< Psalms 124 >
1 A Song of degrees. Of David. If it had not been Jehovah who was for us — oh let Israel say —
canticum graduum huic David nisi quia Dominus erat in nobis dicat nunc Israhel
2 If it had not been Jehovah who was for us, when men rose up against us,
nisi quia Dominus erat in nobis cum exsurgerent in nos homines
3 Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us;
forte vivos degluttissent nos cum irasceretur furor eorum in nos
4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, a torrent had gone over our soul;
forsitan aqua absorbuisset nos
5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
torrentem pertransivit anima nostra forsitan pertransisset anima nostra aquam intolerabilem
6 Blessed be Jehovah, who gave us not up a prey to their teeth!
benedictus Dominus qui non dedit nos in captionem dentibus eorum
7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we have escaped.
anima nostra sicut passer erepta est de laqueo venantium laqueus contritus est et nos liberati sumus
8 Our help is in the name of Jehovah, the maker of heavens and earth.
adiutorium nostrum in nomine Domini qui fecit caelum et terram