Psalms 124

1 A Song of Ascents. By David. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, let Israel now say,

Canticum graduum. [Nisi quia Dominus erat in nobis, dicat nunc Israël,

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

nisi quia Dominus erat in nobis: cum exsurgerent homines in nos,

3 then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us,

forte vivos deglutissent nos; cum irasceretur furor eorum in nos,

4 then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul.

forsitan aqua absorbuisset nos;

5 Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

torrentem pertransivit anima nostra; forsitan pertransisset anima nostra aquam intolerabilem.

6 Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.

Benedictus Dominus, qui non dedit nos in captionem dentibus eorum.

7 Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

Anima nostra sicut passer erepta est de laqueo venantium; laqueus contritus est, et nos liberati sumus.

8 Our help is in the LORD’s name, who made heaven and earth.

Adjutorium nostrum in nomine Domini, qui fecit cælum et terram.]