Psalms 124

1 A Song of Degrees. If it had not been that the Lord was among 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 that the Lord was among 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 verily they would have 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 verily the water would have drowned us, our soul would have gone under the torrent.

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

5 Yes, our soul would have gone under the overwhelming water.

Penei kua taupokina o tatou wairua e nga wai whakakake.

6 Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us for 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 has been delivered as a sparrow from the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are delivered.

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.