< Psalms 124 >
1 A SONG OF THE ASCENTS. BY DAVID. If YHWH had not been for us (Pray, let Israel say),
A song of ascents; of David. “If Yahweh had not been on our side,” let Israel say now,
2 If YHWH had not been for us, In the rising up of man against us,
“if it had not been Yahweh who was on our side when men rose up against us,
3 Then they had swallowed us alive, In the burning of their anger against us,
then they would have swallowed us up alive when their anger raged against us.
4 Then the waters had overflowed us, The stream passed over our soul,
The water would have swept us away; the torrent would have overwhelmed us.
5 Then proud waters had passed over our soul.
Then the raging waters would have drowned us.”
6 Blessed [is] YHWH who has not given us, [As] prey to their teeth.
Blessed be Yahweh, who has not allowed us to be torn by their teeth.
7 Our soul has escaped as a bird from a snare of fowlers, The snare was broken, and we have escaped.
We have escaped like a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; the snare has been broken, and we have escaped.
8 Our help [is] in the Name of YHWH, Maker of the heavens and earth!
Our help is in Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.