< Psalms 124 >
1 [A Song of Ascents. By David.] If it had not been YHWH 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 YHWH 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 YHWH, 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 YHWH, who made heaven and earth.
Usizo lwethu lusegameni likaThixo uMenzi wezulu lomhlaba.