Halelu 124

1 I NA aole i noho pu o Iehova me kakou, Wahi a ka Iseraela,

A Song of Ascents; of David. 'If it had not been the LORD who was for us', let Israel now say;

2 Ina aole i noho pu o Iehova me kakou, I ka wa i ala ku e mai ai na kanaka ia kakou,

'If it had not been the LORD who was for us, when men rose up against us,

3 Ina ua moni koke mai lakou ia kakou, I ka wela ana o ko lakou huhu ia kakou.

Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;

4 Ina ua poipu hoi na wai maluna o kakou, A ua hiki mai ka waikahe maluna o ko kakou uhane:

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

5 Ina ua kahe no hoi ka waiholomoku maluna o ko kakou uhane.

Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.'

6 E hoomaikaiia o Iehova, Ka mea haawi ole ia kakou i waiwai pio i ko lakou niho.

Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

7 Ua hoopakeleia no ko kakou uhane, Me he manu la, mai ka hei ana aku i ka poe lawaiamanu; Ua moku ka upena a ua hoopakeleia kakou.

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

8 Aia no ko kakou kokua, maloko o ka inoa o Iehova, Ka mea nana i hana ka lani me ka honua.

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