Psalms 124

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

Wimbo wa kwenda juu. Wa Daudi. Kama Bwana asingalikuwa upande wetu; Israeli na aseme sasa:

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

kama Bwana asingalikuwa upande wetu, wakati watu walipotushambulia,

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

wakati hasira yao ilipowaka dhidi yetu, wangalitumeza tungali hai,

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

mafuriko yangalitugharikisha, maji mengi yangalitufunika,

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

maji yaendayo kasi yangalituchukua.

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

Bwana asifiwe, yeye ambaye hakuruhusu turaruliwe kwa meno yao.

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

Tumeponyoka kama ndege kutoka mtego wa mwindaji; mtego umevunjika, nasi tukaokoka.

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

Msaada wetu ni katika jina la Bwana, Muumba wa mbingu na dunia.