Psalms 124

1 A SONG OF THE ASCENTS. BY DAVID. If YHWH had not been for us (Pray, let Israel say),

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

2 If YHWH had not been for us, In the rising up of man against us,

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

3 Then they had swallowed us alive, In the burning of their anger against us,

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

4 Then the waters had overflowed us, The stream passed over our soul,

forsitan aqua absorbuisset nos;

5 Then proud waters had passed over our soul.

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

6 Blessed [is] YHWH who has not given us, [As] prey to their teeth.

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

7 Our soul has escaped as a bird from a snare of fowlers, The snare was broken, and we have 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 YHWH, Maker of the heavens and earth!

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