< Psalms 124 >
1 song [the] step to/for David unless LORD which/that to be to/for us to say please Israel
You Israeli [people], [answer this question]: What [would have happened to us] if Yahweh had not been (helping/fighting for) us?
2 unless LORD which/that to be to/for us in/on/with to arise: attack upon us man
When [our enemies] attacked us, if Yahweh had not been fighting for us,
3 in that case alive to swallow up us in/on/with to be incensed face: anger their in/on/with us
we would have all been killed [IDM] because they were very angry with us!
4 in that case [the] water to overflow us torrent: river [to] to pass upon soul: myself our
[They would have been like] [MET] a flood that swept/carried us away; [it would have been as though] the water would have covered us,
5 in that case to pass upon soul: myself our [the] water [the] raging
and we would [all] have drowned in the flood that was (raging/flowing very fast).
6 to bless LORD which/that not to give: give us prey to/for tooth their
[But] praise Yahweh, because he has not allowed our [enemies to destroy us] [like wild animals] [MET] tear apart [the creatures that they capture].
7 soul: myself our like/as bird to escape from snare to snare [the] snare to break and we to escape
We have escaped [from our enemies] like a bird escapes from the trap that hunters have set; [it is as though] the trap [that our enemies set for us] was broken and we have escaped from it!
8 helper our in/on/with name LORD to make heaven and land: country/planet
Yahweh is the one who helps us [MTY]; he is the one who made heaven and the earth.