Psalms 124

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

He waiata; he pikitanga. Na Rawiri. Me kaua a Ihowa i a tatou, he ki tenei ma Iharaira:

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

Me kaua a Ihowa i a tatou, i te whakatikanga mai o te tangata ki a tatou;

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

Penei kua horomia oratia tatou e ratou, i te muranga o to ratou riri ki a tatou.

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

Kua ngaro tatou i nga wai, kua taupokina o tatou wairua e te ia.

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

Penei kua taupokina o tatou wairua e nga wai whakakake.

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

Kia whakapaingia a Ihowa, kihai nei i tuku i a tatou hei ngaunga ma o ratou niho.

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

Kua mawhiti o tatou wairua, me he manu i roto i te mahanga a nga kaihopu; kua motu te mahanga, a mawhiti ana tatou.

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

Kei te ingoa o Ihowa he awhina mo tatou, kei te kaihanga i te rangi, i te whenua.