Psalmien 124

1 Davidin veisu korkeimmassa Kuorissa. Ellei Herra olisi meidän kanssamme, niin sanokaan Israel:

You Israeli [people], [answer this question]: What [would have happened to us] if Yahweh had not been (helping/fighting for) us?

2 Ellei Herra olisi meidän kanssamme, koska ihmiset karkaavat meitä vastaan,

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

3 Niin he nielisivät meidät elävältä, kuin heidän vihansa julmistuu meidän päällemme;

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

4 Niin vesi meitä upottais: kosket kävisivät sieluimme ylitse:

[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,

5 Niin ylpiät veden aallot kävisivät sielumme ylitse.

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

6 Kiitetty olkoon Herra, joka ei meitä anna raatelukseksi heidän hampaillensa!

[But] praise Yahweh, because he has not allowed our [enemies to destroy us] [like wild animals] [MET] tear apart [the creatures that they capture].

7 Meidän sielumme pääsi niinkuin lintu lintumiehen paulasta. Paula on särjetty, ja me olemme päästetyt.

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!

8 Meidän apumme on Herran nimessä, joka taivaan ja maan tehnyt on.

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