Sòm 124

1 Se yon chante David pou yo chante lè y'ap moute lavil Jerizalèm. Si Seyè a pa t' kanpe pou nou, ki jan sa ta ye! Se pou pèp Izrayèl la rekonèt sa.

A Song of Degrees. If it had not been that the Lord was amongst us, let Israel now say;

2 Wi, si Seyè a pa t' kanpe pou nou, lè moun yo te leve dèyè nou an,

if it had not been that the Lord was amongst us, when men rose up against us;

3 yo ta vale nou tou vivan, lè yo te move sou nou an.

verily they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us:

4 Dlo ta kouvri nou, lavalas ta pase sou nou.

verily the water would have drowned us, our soul would have gone under the torrent.

5 Wi, lavalas ta pote nou ale.

Yes, our soul would have gone under the overwhelming water.

6 Ann fè lwanj Seyè a ki pa kite lènmi nou yo devore nou.

Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us for a prey to their teeth.

7 Nou chape tankou yon ti zwezo ki chape soti nan pèlen chasè. Fil pèlen an kase. Nou chape, n' ale.

Our soul has been delivered as a sparrow from the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are delivered.

8 Se Seyè a k'ap pote nou sekou, se li menm ki fè syèl la ak latè a.

Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.