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1 Thaburi ya Daudi Korwo Jehova ndaakoretwo arĩ mwena witũ; Isiraeli nĩmakiuge ũguo:
[A Song of Ascents. By David.] If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, let Israel now say,
2 Korwo Jehova ndaarĩ mwena witũ rĩrĩa andũ maatũtharĩkĩire-rĩ,
if it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, when men rose up against us;
3 nĩmangĩatũmeririe tũrĩ muoyo; rĩrĩa marakara mao maatũrĩrĩmbũkĩire-rĩ,
then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;
4 mũiyũro wa maaĩ nĩũngĩatũhubanĩirie, tũhumbwo nĩ nditi ya maaĩ macio;
then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul;
5 maaĩ macio maathereraga na hinya mũno nĩmangĩatũthereririe.
then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.
6 Jehova arogoocwo, o we ũtaatũrekereirie tũtambuurangwo nĩ magego mao.
Blessed be Jehovah, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.
7 Ithuĩ tũhonokete ta nyoni ĩhonokete mũtego-inĩ wa mũmĩtegi; mũtego nĩunangĩtwo, na ithuĩ nĩtũhonokete.
Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler's snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
8 Ũteithio witũ uumaga harĩ Jehova, o we Mũũmbi wa igũrũ na thĩ.
Our help is in the name of Jehovah, who made heaven and earth.

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