Psalms 124

1 A song of ascents; of David. “If Yahweh had not been on our side,” let Israel say now,

He waiata; he pikitanga. Na Rawiri. Me kaua a Ihowa i a tatou, he ki tenei ma Iharaira:

2 “if it had not been Yahweh who was on our side when men rose up against us,

Me kaua a Ihowa i a tatou, i te whakatikanga mai o te tangata ki a tatou;

3 then they would have swallowed us up alive when their anger raged against us.

Penei kua horomia oratia tatou e ratou, i te muranga o to ratou riri ki a tatou.

4 The water would have swept us away; the torrent would have overwhelmed us.

Kua ngaro tatou i nga wai, kua taupokina o tatou wairua e te ia.

5 Then the raging waters would have drowned us.”

Penei kua taupokina o tatou wairua e nga wai whakakake.

6 Blessed be Yahweh, who has not allowed us to be torn by their teeth.

Kia whakapaingia a Ihowa, kihai nei i tuku i a tatou hei ngaunga ma o ratou niho.

7 We have escaped like a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; the snare has been broken, and we have escaped.

Kua mawhiti o tatou wairua, me he manu i roto i te mahanga a nga kaihopu; kua motu te mahanga, a mawhiti ana tatou.

8 Our help is in Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.

Kei te ingoa o Ihowa he awhina mo tatou, kei te kaihanga i te rangi, i te whenua.