Psalms 124

1 A Song of Degrees. If it had not been that the Lord was among us, let Israel now say;

“Kama Yahwe asingekuwa upande wetu,” Israeli na aseme sasa,

2 if it had not been that the Lord was among us, when men rose up against us;

“Kama asingekuwa Yahwe ambaye alikuwa upande wetu wakati watu walipoinuka dhidi yetu,

3 verily they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us:

basi wangekuwa wametumeza tungali hai hasira yao lipozidi dhidi yetu.

4 verily the water would have drowned us, our soul would have gone under the torrent.

Maji yangetugharikisha; mto ungetuzidia.

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

Kisha maji yafurikayo yangetuzamisha.”

6 Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us for a prey to their teeth.

Atukuzwe Yahwe, ambaye hajaruhusu tuwe mawindo kwa meno yao.

7 Our soul has been delivered as a sparrow from the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are delivered.

Tumetoroka kama ndege mtegoni mwa wawindaji; mtego umevunjika, nasi tumetoroka.

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

Msaada wetu uko katika Yahwe, aliyeziumba mbingu na nchi.