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:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 comes from 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.