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,

Naho tsy Iehovà ty nañimba antika —ano ty hoe r’Israele—

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

Naho tsy nañolotse’ antika t’Iehovà, ie naname an-tikañe ondatio,

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

le ho nagodra’ iereo veloñe ami’ty fisolebaran-kabosehañe;

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

le ho ­nandempotse antika o ranoo, ho nisorotombak’ amo ain-tikañeo i torahañey,

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

Eka ho nalipo’ o rano mitroñeo o ain-tikañeo,

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

Andriaño t’Iehovà, fa tsy napò’e tika ho fitsatsàm-pamotsi’ iareo.

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

Niborofotse tika hoe voroñe am-­bitsom-pitsindro-boroñe, nipototse i fandrikey, le nibotafotse tika.

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

Fañimbàn-tikañe ty tahina’ Iehovà, Andrianamboatse i likerañey naho ty tane toy.