< Psalms 124 >
1 A Song of Ascents; of David. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, let Israel now say;
canticum graduum huic David nisi quia Dominus erat in nobis dicat nunc Israhel
2 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:
nisi quia Dominus erat in nobis cum exsurgerent in nos homines
3 Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us:
forte vivos degluttissent nos cum irasceretur furor eorum in nos
4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
forsitan aqua absorbuisset nos
5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
torrentem pertransivit anima nostra forsitan pertransisset anima nostra aquam intolerabilem
6 Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
benedictus Dominus qui non dedit nos in captionem dentibus eorum
7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are 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 the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
adiutorium nostrum in nomine Domini qui fecit caelum et terram