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:

Wimbo wa kwenda juu. Wa Daudi. Kama Bwana asingalikuwa upande wetu; Israeli na aseme sasa:

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

kama Bwana asingalikuwa upande wetu, wakati watu walipotushambulia,

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

wakati hasira yao ilipowaka dhidi yetu, wangalitumeza tungali hai,

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

mafuriko yangalitugharikisha, maji mengi yangalitufunika,

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

maji yaendayo kasi yangalituchukua.

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

Bwana asifiwe, yeye ambaye hakuruhusu turaruliwe kwa meno yao.

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

Tumeponyoka kama ndege kutoka mtego wa mwindaji; mtego umevunjika, nasi tukaokoka.

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

Msaada wetu ni katika jina la Bwana, Muumba wa mbingu na dunia.