Psalmien 124

1 Matkalaulu; Daavidin virsi. Ellei Herra olisi meidän kanssamme-näin sanokoon 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, kun ihmiset nousevat meitä vastaan,

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

3 niin he meidät elävältä nielisivät, kun heidän vihansa syttyy meitä vastaan;

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

4 niin vedet upottaisivat meidät, virta tulvisi meidän sielumme 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 tulvisivat kuohuvat vedet meidän sielumme ylitse.

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

6 Kiitetty olkoon Herra, joka ei antanut meitä heidän hammastensa raadeltaviksi.

[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 kuin lintu pyydystäjäin paulasta: paula katkesi, ja me pääsimme pois.

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 nimi, hänen, joka on tehnyt taivaan ja maan.

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