Psalms 124

1 “A song of the degrees by David.” If it had not been the Lord who was for us, so should Israel say;

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

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

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

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

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

4 Then would the waters have overwhelmed us, the stream would have passed over our soul;

forsitan aqua absorbuisset nos;

5 Then would have passed over our soul the presumptuous waters.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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