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 vallfartssång; av David. Om HERREN icke hade varit med oss -- så säge Israel --

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

om HERREN icke hade varit med oss, när människorna reste sig upp emot oss,

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

då hade de uppslukat oss levande, när deras vrede upptändes mot oss;

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,

då hade vattnen fördränkt oss, strömmen gått över vår själ;

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

ja, då hade de gått över vår själ, de svallande vattnen.

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].

Lovad vare HERREN för att han ej gav oss till rov åt 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 kom undan såsom en fågel ur fågelfängarnas snara; snaran gick sönder, och vi kommo undan.

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

Vår hjälp är i HERRENS namn, hans som har gjort himmel och jord.