תהילים 124

1 שיר המעלות לדוד לולי יהוה שהיה לנו יאמר נא ישראל׃

You Israeli [people], [answer this question]: What [would have happened to us] if Yahweh had not been (helping/fighting for) us?

2 לולי יהוה שהיה לנו בקום עלינו אדם׃

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

3 אזי חיים בלעונו בחרות אפם בנו׃

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

4 אזי המים שטפונו נחלה עבר על נפשנו׃

[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 אזי עבר על נפשנו המים הזידונים׃

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

6 ברוך יהוה שלא נתננו טרף לשניהם׃

[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 נפשנו כצפור נמלטה מפח יוקשים הפח נשבר ואנחנו נמלטנו׃

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 עזרנו בשם יהוה עשה שמים וארץ׃

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