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:

Ko e Hiva ʻa Tevita maʻae ʻalu hake. Kapau naʻe ʻikai kau ʻa Sihova mo kitautolu, ʻoku totonu ke lea ni ʻa ʻIsileli;

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

“Kapau naʻe ʻikai kau ʻa Sihova mo kitautolu, ʻi he tuʻu hake ʻae kakai kiate kitautolu:

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

Pehē, kuo nau folo hifo leva ʻakitautolu, ʻi he tupu ʻenau ʻita kiate kitautolu;

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

Pehē, kuo lōfia ʻakitautolu ʻe he ngaahi vai, kuo tafe ʻae vaitafe ʻi he funga ʻo hotau laumālie:

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

Pea ʻalu ʻae ngaahi vai ʻoe laukau ʻi he funga ʻo hotau laumālie.”

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

Fakafetaʻi kia Sihova, ʻaia naʻe ʻikai te ne tukuange ʻakitautolu ko e meʻakai ki honau nifo.

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

Kuo hao hotau laumālie ʻo hangē ko e manupuna mei he hele ʻae tangata tauhele: kuo maumauʻi ʻae tauhele, pea kuo tau hao ai.

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

Ko hotau tokoni ʻoku ʻi he huafa ʻo Sihova, ʻaia naʻa ne ngaohi ʻae langi mo māmani.