Psalms 124

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

En visa Davids i högre choren. Om Herren icke med oss vore; så säge Israel.

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

Om Herren icke med oss vore, när menniskorna sig emot oss sätta,

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

Så uppsvulge de oss lefvande, då deras vrede sig öfver oss förgrymmar;

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,

Så fördränkte oss vatten; strömmar ginge öfver våra själar;

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

Vatten ginge allt för högt öfver våra själar;

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].

Lofvad vare Herren, att han icke gifver oss till rofs uti deras tänder.

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!

Vår själ är undkommen, såsom en fogel ens foglafängares snaro; snaran är söndergången, och vi äre löse.

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

Vår hjelp står i Herrans Namn, den himmel och jord gjort hafver.