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:

ダビデがよんだ都もうでの歌 今、イスラエルは言え、主がもしわれらの方におられなかったならば、

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

人々がわれらに逆らって立ちあがったとき、主がもしわれらの方におられなかったならば、

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

彼らの怒りがわれらにむかって燃えたったとき、彼らはわれらを生きているままで、のんだであろう。

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

また大水はわれらを押し流し、激流はわれらの上を越え、

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

さか巻く水はわれらの上を越えたであろう。

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

主はほむべきかな。主はわれらをえじきとして彼らの歯にわたされなかった。

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

われらは野鳥を捕えるわなをのがれる鳥のようにのがれた。わなは破れてわれらはのがれた。

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

われらの助けは天地を造られた主のみ名にある。