Psalms 124

1 A song for pilgrims going up to Jerusalem. A psalm of David. If the Lord hadn't been for us, what would have happened? Let everyone in Israel say:

Wer ma ji wero kadhi e hekalu. Mar Daudi. Ka dine bed ni Jehova Nyasaye ok jakorwa, jo-Israel mondo owach kamano,

2 If the Lord hadn't been for us, what would have happened when people came and attacked us?

ka dine bed ni Jehova Nyasaye ok jakorwa kane ji omonjowa,

3 They would have swallowed us alive when their anger raged against us.

e kinde mane mirima mabebni ka mach omakogi kodwa, to dine gimwonyowa ngili;

4 Like a flood they would have swept over us; like a rushing torrent they would have submerged us.

ataro dine odinonwa, ee, kodh yamo dine oywerowa,

5 They would have rushed over us like raging waters, drowning us.

kendo pi maringo matek dine odhi kodwa.

6 Praise the Lord, who didn't hand us over to them as prey to be ripped apart by their teeth.

Pak mondo odogne Jehova Nyasaye, ma ok oseyie mondo gikidhwa gi lekegi.

7 We escaped from them like a bird flying out of a hunter's trap. The trap was broken and we flew away!

Wasetony mana ka winyo mowuok e wino mar jachik winy; wino osechodi, to wan wasetony.

8 Our help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

Konyruokwa ni e nying Jehova Nyasaye, Jachwech polo gi piny.