Psalms 124

1 A Song of Ascents; of David. 'If it had not been the LORD who was for us', let Israel now say;

He waiata; he pikitanga. Na Rawiri. Me kaua a Ihowa i a tatou, he ki tenei ma Iharaira:

2 'If it had not been the LORD who was for us, when men rose up against us,

Me kaua a Ihowa i a tatou, i te whakatikanga mai o te tangata ki a tatou;

3 Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;

Penei kua horomia oratia tatou e ratou, i te muranga o to ratou riri ki a tatou.

4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul;

Kua ngaro tatou i nga wai, kua taupokina o tatou wairua e te ia.

5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.'

Penei kua taupokina o tatou wairua e nga wai whakakake.

6 Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

Kia whakapaingia a Ihowa, kihai nei i tuku i a tatou hei ngaunga ma o ratou niho.

7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

Kua mawhiti o tatou wairua, me he manu i roto i te mahanga a nga kaihopu; kua motu te mahanga, a mawhiti ana tatou.

8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

Kei te ingoa o Ihowa he awhina mo tatou, kei te kaihanga i te rangi, i te whenua.