Psalms 124

1 [A Song of Ascents. By David.] If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, let Israel now say,

Ingoma yemiqanso. ElikaDavida. Aluba uThixo ubengemanga lathi yekela u-Israyeli atsho njalo,

2 if it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, when men rose up against us;

aluba uThixo ubengemanga lathi, lapho sasihlaselwa ngabantu,

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

lapho ulaka lwabo lwalutshisa ngathi ngabe basiginya siphila;

4 then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul;

ngabe izikhukhula zasigalulisa, umsinga wawuzasikhukhula,

5 then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

amanzi ayabulayo ayezasikhucula.

6 Blessed be Jehovah, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.

Udumo kalube kuThixo ongasiyekelanga sadlithizwa ngamazinyo abo.

7 Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler's snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

Siphunyukile njengenyoni emjibileni womthiyi; umjibila uqamukile sahle saphunyuka.

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

Usizo lwethu lusegameni likaThixo uMenzi wezulu lomhlaba.