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 psalm of the steps, or the goings up. By David.” If the LORD had not been for us, Now may Israel say,

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

If the LORD had not been for us, When men rose up against us,

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

Then had they swallowed us up alive, When their wrath burned against us;

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

Then the waters had overwhelmed us; The stream had gone over our soul;

5 Wi, lavalas ta pote nou ale.

The proud waters had gone over our soul.

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

Blessed be the LORD, Who hath not given us 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.

We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

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.