Psalms 124

1 A song of degrees, or Psalme of David. If the Lord had not bene on our side, (may Israel now say)

Canticum graduum. [Nisi quia Dominus erat in nobis, dicat nunc Israël,

2 If the Lord had not bene on our side, when men rose vp against vs,

nisi quia Dominus erat in nobis: cum exsurgerent homines in nos,

3 They had then swallowed vs vp quicke, when their wrath was kindled against vs.

forte vivos deglutissent nos; cum irasceretur furor eorum in nos,

4 Then the waters had drowned vs, and the streame had gone ouer our soule:

forsitan aqua absorbuisset nos;

5 Then had the swelling waters gone ouer our soule.

torrentem pertransivit anima nostra; forsitan pertransisset anima nostra aquam intolerabilem.

6 Praysed be the Lord, which hath not giuen vs as a praye vnto their teeth.

Benedictus Dominus, qui non dedit nos in captionem dentibus eorum.

7 Our soule is escaped, euen as a bird out of the snare of the foulers: the snare is broken, and we are deliuered.

Anima nostra sicut passer erepta est de laqueo venantium; laqueus contritus est, et nos liberati sumus.

8 Our helpe is in the Name of the Lord, which hath made heauen and earth.

Adjutorium nostrum in nomine Domini, qui fecit cælum et terram.]