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,

今イスラエルはいふべし ヱホバもしわれらの方にいまさず

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

人々われらにさからひて起りたつとき ヱホバもし我儕のかたに在さざりしならんには

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

かれらの怒のわれらにむかひておこりし時 われらを生るままにて呑しならん

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

また水はわれらをおほひ 流はわれらの霊魂をうちこえ

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

高ぶる水はわれらの霊魂をうちこえしならん

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

ヱホバはほむべきかな我儕をかれらの歯にわたして噛くらはせたまはざりき

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

我儕のたましひは捕鳥者のわなをのがるる鳥のごとくにのがれたり 羅はやぶれてわれらはのがれたり

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

われらの助は天地をつくりたまへるヱホバの名にあり