Psalms 124

1 You Israeli [people], [answer this question]: What [would have happened to us] if Yahweh had not been (helping/fighting for) us?

Cantique des degrés. De David. N’eût été l’Éternel, qui a été pour nous, – qu’Israël le dise,

2 When [our enemies] attacked us, if Yahweh had not been fighting for us,

N’eût été l’Éternel, qui a été pour nous quand les hommes se sont élevés contre nous, –

3 we would have all been killed [IDM] because they were very angry with us!

Alors ils nous auraient engloutis vivants, quand leur colère s’enflammait contre nous;

4 [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,

Alors les eaux nous auraient submergés, un torrent aurait passé sur notre âme;

5 and we would [all] have drowned in the flood that was (raging/flowing very fast).

Alors les eaux orgueilleuses auraient passé sur notre âme.

6 [But] praise Yahweh, because he has not allowed our [enemies to destroy us] [like wild animals] [MET] tear apart [the creatures that they capture].

Béni soit l’Éternel, qui ne nous a pas livrés en proie à leurs dents!

7 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!

Notre âme est échappée comme un oiseau du piège des oiseleurs: le piège s’est rompu, et nous sommes échappés.

8 Yahweh is the one who helps us [MTY]; he is the one who made heaven and the earth.

Notre secours est dans le nom de l’Éternel, qui a fait les cieux et la terre.